Inhabited for over 5,000 years before European colonization, the site of La Tiza in Peru's Nasca Desert provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine the dynamics of ancient complex societies. This volume takes a long temporal perspective on La Tiza from the Preceramic through the Inca era, studying the site within the context of broader developments such as the rise of Nasca culture, subsequent conquest by the Wari Empire, collapse, abandonment, and the reformation of a new society.
Christina Conlee synthesizes data she obtained while directing a multi-year excavation at the site...
Inhabited for over 5,000 years before European colonization, the site of La Tiza in Peru's Nasca Desert provides an unprecedented opportunity to ex...
