Ancient Andean States

Henry Tantaleán is a Peruvian archaeologist from Lima. He studied archaeology at the National University of San Marcos, where he is currently a full professor. He obtained a master's degree and Ph.D. from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. His interests are social theory and archaeological applications, Andean archaeology, and origins of the Andean pre-Hispanic states. He is the author of several academic publications. Recently, he published Peruvian Archaeology: A Critical History (Routledge, 2016) and edited the volume Andean Ontologies: New Archaeological Perspectives.

"This is a wonderful and engaging resource: an important account of the development of states in the pre-Hispanic Andes. It provides a broad-ranging discussion that explores the Andean examples within an inclusive theoretical framework. The book is highly successful in celebrating the diversity of ancient states in the Andes while at the same time noting the similarities between them and with other parts of the globe." - Ian Hodder, Stanford University, USA"Tantaleán provides a remarkably concise and wide-ranging prehistory of complex Andean societies. Arranged chronologically and developmentally, each chapter describes a well-documented prehistoric case vividly exemplified by archaeological sites from Late Archaic origins of complexity at Caral to the expansive Inca Empire. His compelling and up-to-date presentations are skillfully understood by a robust social theory." - Timothy Earle, Northwestern, USA"Harnessing a selection of the great societies of the Andean region, Tantaleán dives into key polities that illustrate the breadth of the long-lived pre-modern Andean states. This book will be excellent for everyone who teaches and learns Andean archaeology, as these case studies clearly and briefly lay out the major aspects of a range of Andean societies framing each society in a similar way, making it easy to compare and contrast between them." - Christine Hastorf, University of California, Berkeley, USA"The Ancient Andean States is an innovative evolutionary synthesis of power and politics in prehistoric Peru. Engagingly written, Tantaleán explores the origins and development of statecraft in the land of the Inca." - Michael Moseley, University of Florida, USA

• Chapter 1. Introduction: why and how to study the ancient Andean states; Part I: Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the ancient Andean states; Chapter 2. Previous research on the ancient Andean states in Peru; Chapter 3. A proposal for the study of ancient Andean states; Part II: Case studies; Section I: the precursors of the ancient Andean states; Chapter 4. Caral; Chapter 5. Sechín; Chapter 6. Chavín; Section 2: the ancient Andean states; Chapter 7. Moche; Chapter 8. Wari; Chapter 9. Chimú; Chapter 10. Inca; Part III: Summary; Chapter 11. The ancient Andean states: discontinuities and continuities.; Chapter 12. Epilogue