1st Edition
Identity and Power in the Ancient Andes Tiwanaku Cities through Time
By John Wayne Janusek
Copyright 2004
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Tiwanaku state was the political and cultural center of ancient Andean civilization for almost 700 years. Identity and Power is the result of ten years of research that has revealed significant new data. Janusek explores the origins, development, and collapse of this ancient state through the lenses of social identities--gender, ethnicity, occupation, for example--and power relations. He... Read more
Introduction Part I 1. Identity and Power in the Past 2. Identity and Power in the Hispanic South-Central Andes 3. Interpreting Tiwanaku: Style, Time, and Residential Archaeology Part II 4. Residence and Ritual in the Rise of Urbanism 5. Tiwanaku: Urban Expansion and Local Identity 6. Lukurmata: Urban Expansion and Community Identity Part III 7. Tiwanaku: Urban Transformation 8. Transformation in Lukurmata and Beyond 9. State Collapse and Cultural Revolution Part IV 10. Conclusions
Biography
John Wayne Janusek is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.
"...a masterful synthesis of Tiwanaku research"
Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 63, 2007
Reviewed by Patrick Ryan Williams, the Field Museum
