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Author Conlee, Christina A., author.

Title Beyond the Nasca lines : ancient life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert / Christina A. Conlee.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-281) and index.
Contents Ancient society in Nasca: an introduction -- The dynamics of complex societies -- Life in the Nasca Desert -- Earliest inhabitants: the beginnings of complexity -- Farmers in the desert: the development of complexity -- The Nasca culture: civilization in the desert -- The middle horizon: imperial entanglement and collapse -- Local resurgence: the regeneration of complexity -- The rise and fall of complex societies in Nasca.
Summary This book focuses on the site La Tiza, the longest continuously occupied site in the Wari Empire, and therefore provides invaluable insights into the rise and fall of the Wari state.
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Subject Huari Indians -- Peru -- Antiquities.
Huari Indians.
Peru.
Antiquities.
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America.
Nazca culture.
Nazca culture.
Nazca Lines Site (Peru)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Conlee, Christina A. Beyond the Nasca lines. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016] 9780813062020 (DLC) 2016015348 (OCoLC)928607275
ISBN 9780813052564 (electronic book)
0813052564 (electronic book)
9780813062020 (cloth)
0813062020 (cloth)