South American Archaeology - An Introduction to Archaeology of South American Continent With

Klappentext Originally published in 1912, this pioneering and highly illustrated textbook made South American archaeology more accessible to the general reader. Zusammenfassung The British anthropologist and archaeologist Thomas Athol Joyce (1878–1942) made American archaeology more accessible to the general reader. Originally published in 1912, this pioneering and highly illustrated textbook covers the material culture of the great South American civilisations, particularly the Incas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Colombia; 2. Colombia (cont.); 3. Ecuador; 4. The growth of the Peruvian empire; 5. Peru: government; 6. Peru: daily life and occupations; 7. Peru: burial and religion; 8. Peru: the sequence of cultures; 9. Peru: arts and crafts; 10. The southern provinces of the Peruvian empire; 11. The southern Andes and plains; 12. East and central South America; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Athol Joyce, Joyce Thomas Athol
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2013
• EAN: 9781108063760
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06376-0
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; South America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region