The bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration in ancient Peru. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Danielle Shawn Kurin.
• Authors: Kurin, Danielle Shawn
• Contents: 1. Societal collapse and reorganization -- 2. Theorizing and operationalizing a bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration -- 3. Lifeways in Andahuaylas under the aegis of the Wari empire and after its collapse -- 4. Chanka and Quicha community profiles and mortuary practices -- 5. Reorganizing society : cranial modification and the creation of difference -- 6. Raiding and ethnic warfare in the postimperial era -- 7. Insidious entanglements : health, mobility, and nutrition -- 8. Medicocultural innovations to cope with collapse -- 9. Conclusions: Social fragmentation and reorganization.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 218 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 985.01; Social sciences; Chanca Indians -- Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province) -- Antiquities; Social archaeology -- Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province); Social change -- Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province) -- History; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province); Ethnicity -- Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province) -- History; Ethnic conflict -- Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province) -- History; Forensic archaeology -- Peru; Archaeology; Anthropology; HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America; Antiquities; Chanca Indians -- Antiquities; Ethnic conflict; Ethnicity; Forensic archaeology; Human remains (Archaeology); Social archaeology; Social change; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Anthropology; Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Andahuaylas (Peru : Province) -- Antiquities; Peru; Peru -- Andahuaylas (Province); Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319284040; 3319284045
• Related ISBNs: 9783319284026; 3319284029
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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