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List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Land of Stone
Chapter 3. Constructing Collectives: Early Stone Monuments in Ancash
Chapter 4. Of Monsters and Men in the Chavín Period
Chapter 5. ‘Children of the Stones’: Lithicity in the Recuay Tradition
Chapter 6. An Ancient Andean Game
Chapter 7. States and Stones: Wari and Inka in Ancash
Chapter 8. Old Presences, New Relevances
Chapter 9. Concluding Thoughts
About the author
George F. Lau is Reader in Archaeology at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas of the University of East Anglia, UK.
Summary
An Archaeology of Ancash provides a well–illustrated synthesis of the archaeology of North Central Peru concentrating on the Ancash region. It reveals how groups of the Central Andes used stone as both a physical and symbolic resource in the past providing a window on stone’s use and long history of engagement as a special material for
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"The volume will be of interest to Peruvianist social scientists and researchers focused on interpreting prehistoric religious iconography. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries"-D. L. Browman, Washington University - St. Louis in CHOICE"Extremely well written, up to date and saturated with information, this book is a delicate balancing act between theory and data. Is it well done? It is. I particularly liked the ‘focus sections’ on select sites or objects, as well as the abundant colour plates."-Kevin Lane, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina in Antiquity
