Title Lukurmata : household archaeology in prehispanic Bolivia / Marc Bermann

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994] ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Princeton legacy library Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Interpreting Prehistoric Social Change -- 2. Household Archaeology -- 3. Lukurmata: Setting, Methodology, and Previous Research -- 4. Lukurmata's Earliest Occupation -- 5. Ties with Tiwanaku -- 6. Continuity and Change -- 7. The Rise of the Tiwanaku Polity -- 8. Lukurmata during the Tiwanaku III Period -- 9. Late Tiwanaku III Period Structures -- 10. Terminal Tiwanaku III Period Occupation: Specialized Architecture -- 11. Lukurmata and the Tiwanaku State -- 12. Lukurmata at Its Height -- 13. Lukurmata's Decline during the Tiwanaku V Period -- 14. The Post-Tiwanaku Period at Lukurmata -- 15. Conclusion: Lukurmata Households and the Tiwanaku State -- I. Tabular Household Data: Features and Artifacts Used in Analyzing Lukurmata Domestic Occupations -- II. Faunal Remains from Lukurmata Domestic Occupations -- III. Radiocarbon Dates from Lukurmata Domestic Contexts -- IV. Regional Time Chart -- V. Field Designations of Burials Mentioned in the Text -- VI. Ceramic Descriptions -- References -- Index Summary "Comparison of 'capital-centric' and local household perspectives using a 1,500-year-long chronology of pottery, artifacts, and architecture at Lukurmata identifies Tiwanaku as a State rather than a trade or religious network. The greatest changes occurred in shape, size, layout, and diversity of household buildings; domestic pottery remained relatively stable"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-303) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Indians of South America -- Bolivia -- Antiquities. Tiwanaku culture. Social change -- Bolivia -- Lukurmata Site SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Indians of South America -- Antiquities Social change Tiwanaku culture SUBJECT Lukurmata Site (Bolivia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002054 Subject Bolivia Bolivia -- Lukurmata Site Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400863846 1400863848

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