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This critical history of Peruvian archaeology makes a significant contribution to Andean archaeology, to the history of archaeology, and to our understanding of the social context of research.
List of contents
Introduction: The Crisscrossed Past; Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Archaeology in Peru; Chapter 2 The (Western) Foundation of Peruvian Archaeology: Max Uhle and Cultural Evolutionism; Chapter 3 Archaeology and Nationalism in the 1920s: Julio C. Tello and Peruvian Culture; Chapter 4 Indigenismo in the Ancient Capital of the Incas: The Cusqueño Period of Luis Valcárcel; Chapter 5 North American Influence in the 1940s: Rafael Larco Hoyle and the Virú Project; Chapter 6 New Horizons In Peruvian Archaeology: John H. Rowe And The Berkeley School; Chapter 7 Ethnohistory and Archaeology in the 1960s: John Murra’s Influence in Peru; Chapter 8 Archaeology as Social Science: From Gordon Childe to Luis Lumbreras; Chapter 9 Processualist Archaeology in Peru: Emergence and Development; Chapter 10 Archaeology in 1990s Peru: A View from Lima; Chapter 11 Peruvian Archaeology at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century: Boom and Bust; concl Conclusion: New Horizons for Peruvian Archaeology in a Globalized World;
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Tantaleán, Henry
Summary
This critical history of Peruvian archaeology makes a significant contribution to Andean archaeology, to the history of archaeology, and to our understanding of the social context of research.
