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1 online resource (viii, 364 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction / by Richard L. Burger -- Biographical essays. Julio C. Tello : an account of his rise to prominence in Peruvian archaeology / by Richard E. Daggett -- The international relevance of Julio C. Tello / by John V. Murra -- The intellectual legacy of Julio C. Tello / by Richard L. Burger -- Selected writings by Julio C. Tello. The defense of the archaeological heritage -- The museum of Peruvian anthropology -- Collision of two civilizations -- Prehistoric trephining among the Yauyos of Peru -- The discovery of the Chavín culture in Peru -- The feline god and its transformations in Chavín art -- The remains of three different pre-Columbian cultures have been found on the Paracas Peninsula -- A modeled clay scene in ancient Peruvian art -- The ruins of Wari -- Andean civilization : some problems of Peruvian archaeology -- The empire of the Incas -- Bibliography. An annotated bibliography of Julio C. Tello / by Richard E. Daggett |
| Summary |
The father of Peruvian archaeology, Julio Tello was the most distinguished Native American scholar ever to focus on archaeology. A Quechua speaker born in a small highland village in 1880, Tello did the impossible: he received a medical degree and convinced the Peruvian government to send him to Harvard and European universities to master archaeology and anthropology. He then returned home to shape modern Peruvian archaeology and the institutions through which it was carried out. This volume thus makes available for the first time a broad sampling of Tello's writings as well as complementary e |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tello, Julio C. (Julio César), 1880-1947.
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| SUBJECT |
Tello, Julio C. (Julio César), 1880-1947 fast |
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Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.
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Archaeologists -- Peru -- Biography
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HISTORY.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Antiquities
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Archaeologists
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Indians of South America -- Antiquities
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Peru -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100187
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Peru
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Burger, Richard L., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781587298332 |
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1587298333 |
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