1st Edition

An Introduction to Peruvian Archaeology The Excavated Past

By Henry Tantalean Copyright 2026
218 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 69 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

An Introduction to Peruvian Archaeology: The Excavated Past offers an accessible and up-to-date guide to Peru’s rich archaeological heritage. Through a broad vision of archaeology as a discipline and historical reality, Henry Tantaleán offers a fascinating immersion into the past of Peru. This book is structured in three parts: an introduction to the key concepts of global and local... Read more

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Preface; 2. An introduction to Peruvian archaeology; 3. A brief history of Peruvian archaeology; 4. The societies of ancient Peru: a synthesis; 5. Final thoughts; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Henry Tantaleán is a Professor in the School of Archaeology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He graduated in Archaeology at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and obtained his master’s degree and PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain). He currently co-directs the Chicama Archaeological Program on the northern coast of Peru. Recently, he has been elected as a corresponding member of the Archaeological Institute of America. Among his research interests are archaeological theory, rise and development of the first prehistoric states, the relation between archaeology and politics, and history of archaeology.