Andean Archaeology I

From the Reviews: "[...]these volumes stand as an excellent overview of current Andean archaeological research, outside the confines of a particular school or perspective. This is, to my knowledge, the first English-language edited overview of Andean archaeology to be produced in at least 10 years. Both volumes should be on the shelves of all Andean prehistorians and university libraries, and could also provide an introduction to current Andean research for archaeologists working in other places. For those who teach an undergraduate course on the prehistory of the Andes either or both books would provide an excellent, and conveniently packaged, selection of in-depth materials that could accompany a more general text. Those with a general interest in the prehistory of the Andes will find much detail in Silverman and Isbell's volumes. The authors are to be congratulated on such a wide-ranging collection, and here is hoping that their wish to add further volumes to the series is realized in the near future." (Ross W. Jamieson, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

• I. Introduction.- 1. Theorizing Variations in Andean Sociopolitical Organization.- II. Early Andean Civilizations.- 2. The Sechín Alto Complex and Its Place Within Casma Valley Initial Period Development.- 3. Out in the Streets of Moche: Urbanism and Sociopolitical Organization at a Moche IV Urban Center.- 4. Power and Social Ranking at the End of the Formative Period: The Lower Lurín Valley Cemeteries.- 5. Nasca Settlement and Society on the Hundredth Anniversary of Uhle's Discovery of the Nasca Style.- III. Traditions of Imperialism in the Andes.- 6. Tiwanaku Political Economy.- 7. Iwawi and Tiwanaku.- 8. Imperial Interaction in the Andes: Huari and Tiwanaku at Cerro Baúl.- 9. The Huaro Archaeological Site Complex: Rethinking the Huari Occupation of Cuzco.- 10. The Archaeology of Inca Origins: Excavations at Chokepukio, Cuzco, Peru.- 11. Catequil: The Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography of a Major Provincial Huaca.- IV. Solving Puzzles of the Past.- 12. Tracking the Source of Quispisisa Obsidian from Huancavelica to Ayacucho.- V. Conclusion.- 13. Writing the Andes with a Capital 'A'.