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Author Arkush, Elizabeth N.

Title Hillforts of the ancient Andes : colla warfare, society, and landscape / Elizabeth N. Arkush.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Warfare and the built environment -- The Colla and their lands -- Studying fortifications -- Hierarchy and heterarchy within pukara communities -- Allies and enemies : pukaras in their spatial world -- Explaining Colla war : pukaras through time -- Fractured landscapes : fortification and regional histories.
Summary By focusing on the pre-Inca society in this key region of the Andes, Elizabeth Arkush demonstrates how a thorough archaeological investigation of these hillfort towns reveals new ways to study the sociopolitical organization of pre-Columbian societies.
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Subject Colla Indians -- Warfare -- Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Colla Indians.
Military art and science.
Fortification, Prehistoric -- Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Fortification, Prehistoric.
Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia) -- Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Excavations (Archaeology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Arkush, Elizabeth N. Hillforts of the ancient Andes. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011 9780813035260 (DLC) 2010023263 (OCoLC)613426165
ISBN 9780813036595 (electronic book)
0813036593 (electronic book)
9780813035260
0813035260