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Author Lau, George F., 1969-

Title Andean expressions : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture / George F. Lau.

Publication Info. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2011]
©2011
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Iowa series in Andean studies
Iowa series in Andean studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-324) and index.
Contents 1. Toward a Recuay Prehistory; 2. Land and Settlement in Ancient Ancash; 3. Recuay Architecture; 4. Ritual Buildings and Landscapes; 5. Pottery and Society; 6. Objects of Stone; 7. Chiefly Worlds in Artworks and Imagery; 8. A Prehistory of Recuay Culture; 9. Epilogue; Appendix 1: Demographics in the Department of Ancash; Appendix 2: Radiocarbon Dates from Highland Ancash.
Summary Flourishing from A.D. 1 to 700, the Recuay inhabited lands in northern Peru just below the imposing glaciers of the highest mountain chain in the tropics. Thriving on an economy of high-altitude crops and camelid herding, they left behind finely made artworks and grand palatial buildings with an unprecedented aesthetic and a high degree of technical sophistication.
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Subject Recuay culture -- Peru -- Ancash.
Recuay culture.
Peru -- Ancash.
Indian art -- Peru -- Ancash.
Indian art.
Indian architecture -- Peru -- Ancash.
Indian architecture.
Indian pottery -- Peru -- Ancash.
Indian pottery.
Ancash (Peru) -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lau, George F., 1969- Andean expressions. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011 1587299739 (DLC) 2010043206 (OCoLC)671238348
ISBN 1587299747 (electronic book)
9781587299742 (electronic book)
1587299739
9781587299735

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