Agriculture and the Onset of Political Inequality before the Inka (New Studies in Archaeology) [Hardcover]

Christine A. Hastorf (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 29, 1993 | Series: New Studies in Archaeology

Archaeologists have long been interested in the onset of political differentiation, and how this can be inferred from the archaeological record. Here Christine Hastorf looks at the nature of power and political diversity in the Andean region of central Peru over a thousand-year period, from AD 200 until the fifteenth-century Inka conquest. She argues that no single model or theory can usefully explain all social change, and that archaeologists should instead focus on a particular region to understand the context of change and why it occurred. She looks at political inequality from a number of different perspectives and suggests a series of 'cultural' principles that shaped political developments. She also traces changes in agricultural production, seeing them as contributing to social and political evolution in the region.

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'... excellent work ... belongs on the bookshelf of any scholar interested in political, social and economic change, and how the archaeological record informs these interrelated, but disinctive, processes.' Antiquity

Book Description

Archaeologists have long been interested in the onset of political differentiation, and how this can be inferred from the archaeological record. Christine Hastorf looks at the nature of power and political diversity in the Andean region of central Peru from AD 200 until the fifteenth-century Inka conquest.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 314 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 29, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521402727
• ISBN-13: 978-0521402729
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,275,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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