Ancient South America

Ancient South America, 2nd edition is completely revised and updated to reflect archaeological discoveries and insights made in the past three decades. It features the full panorama of the South American past from the first inhabitants to the European invasions.

List of contents

1. Still a new world; 2. A matter of time; 3. The physical setting; 4. The first peoples: 12,000-6000BC; 5. Settling down: 6000-3500BC; 6. The problems of maize; 7. Cultural intensifications in the Andes: 3500-2000BC; 8. Ceramics: their origins and spread; 9. Further developments in the beginnings of civilization: 2000-200BC; 10. Textiles: the highest art of South America; 11. Metallurgy in Ancient South America; 12. Regional diversification in the Andes 200BC-AD800; 13. Iconographic studies; 14. Militaristic and religious movements in the Andes AD600-900; 15. Transport and trade; 16. Kingdoms, chiefdoms and empires AD900-1438; 17. The Amazon: mistaken ideas and new investigations; 18. The 16th century; 19. Intercontinental movements before Columbus; 20. The future of a continent.

About the author

Karen Olsen Bruhns is professor emerita at San Francisco State University. A field archaeologist, she has worked at and directed sites in El Salvador, Nicaragua Colombia, Ecuador, and Belize.

Summary

Ancient South America, 2nd edition is completely revised and updated to reflect archaeological discoveries and insights made in the past three decades. It features the full panorama of the South American past from the first inhabitants to the European invasions.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Olsen Bruhns, Karen Olsen (San Francisco State Universit Bruhns, Karen Olsen (San Francisco State University) Bruhns, Bruhns Karen Olsen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9780521682497
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68249-7
• No. of pages: 484
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, The Americas, History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period