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Author Smith, Scott C. (Scott Cameron), 1976-

Title Landscape and politics in the ancient Andes : biographies of place at Khonkho Wankane / Scott C. Smith.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Archaeologies of landscape in the Americas series
Archaeologies of landscape in the Americas series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Biographies of place -- Place-making and politics -- The Lake Titicaca Basin, past and present -- The site of Khonkho Wankane -- Making ritual places : caravan routes and the founding of Khonkho Wankane -- Experiencing ritual places : stelae, sunken courts, and the creation of an axis mundi -- The power of ritual places : politics and social difference through time -- The political cartography of an axis settlement -- Appendix.
Summary This book is a study of the ways places are created and how they attain meaning.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Khonkho Wankane Site (Bolivia)
Indians of South America -- Bolivia -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America.
Bolivia.
Antiquities.
Architecture, Ancient -- Bolivia.
Architecture, Ancient.
Place attachment -- Bolivia -- History -- To 1500.
Place attachment.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Human ecology -- Bolivia -- History -- To 1500.
Human ecology.
Bolivia -- Antiquities.
Andes Region -- Antiquities.
Andes Region.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Smith, Scott C. (Scott Cameron), 1976- Landscape and politics in the ancient Andes. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016 9780826357090 (DLC) 2015039763 (OCoLC)948548810
ISBN 9780826357106 (electronic book)
0826357105 (electronic book)
9780826357090
0826357091