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1 online resource (173 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Complex Cultures, Cities, and a Rapid Survey of the Earliest Old World Civilizations; Old World Pristine Civilizations; Summary and Discussion; 2 Mesoamerica: Origins and Early Civilizations; Laying the Basis for Civilization: 7000-1500 B.C.; The Olmec of the Gulf Coast; The Izapan Group of Cultures; The Origins of Civilization in the Valleys of Mexico and Oaxaca; The Maya Lowlands; Teotihuacan; Monte Alban and the Classic Zapotees of Oaxaca; Classic Maya Civilization |
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3 Mesoamerica: Transformations and the Late CivilizationsCatastrophe, Disasters, Recoveries, and Transformations; Late Classic May a Civilization and the Great Collapse, ; E lTajin: A Transitional Regional Civilization; Tula and the Toltecs; Late Maya Civilizations; Zapotees and Mixtees in Oaxaca; The Tarascans of Western Mexico; The Totonac of the Gulf Coast; The Aztecs and Their Empire; 4 The Central Andes of South America: Origins and Early Civilizations; Geography; Earliest Inhabitants and Cultures; Early Villages and Regional Centers (5500-2000 B.C.), |
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Growth and Transformations (2000-800 B.C.)The Early Horizon (Chavin); Early Civilizations: Moche, Nazca, the Central Coast, andTiwanaku (200 B.C.-A.D. 600); 5 The Central Andes of South America: Late Civilizations and the Inca; Fall and Transformation on the North Coast; The Huari Empire; The Chimu Kingdom and Chan Chan; Inca Civilization; Epilogue; References; About the Book and Author; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of South America.
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Indians of South America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429970832 |
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0429970838 |
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