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Author:

Vogel, Melissa A., author.

Title:

The Casma city of El Purgatorio : ancient urbanism in the Andes / Melissa A. Vogel ; foreword by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxiii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of South America--Peru--Antiquities.
Indians of South America--Material culture--Peru.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.
Cities and towns, Ancient--Peru.
Incas--Antiquities.
Peru--Antiquities.
Casma River Valley (Peru)--Antiquities.

Other Authors:

Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- author of foreword.
Masson, Marilyn A., author of foreword.
Janusek, John Wayne, 1963- author of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-256) and index.

Contents:

Urbanism in ancient America -- The Andes in late prehistory: an overview -- The Casma and their capital city -- The urban environment -- Urban ritual and the Casma religion -- Urban economy -- Urban residents -- Ancient cities and their worlds -- The city in retrospect.

Summary:

Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire.

Series:

Ancient cities of the new world

ISBN:

0813062152 (cloth)
9780813062150 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945232089

LCCN:

2016020069

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)