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Author: Margaret Young-S¾nchez Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803249217 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 227
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Introduces the striking artwork and fascinating rituals of this highland culture through approximately one hundred works of art and cultural treasures.
Author: Margaret Young-S¾nchez Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803249217 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 227
Book Description
Introduces the striking artwork and fascinating rituals of this highland culture through approximately one hundred works of art and cultural treasures.
Author: Charles Stanish Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press ISBN: 1938770633 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 265
Book Description
For over half a millennium, the megalithic ruins of Tiwanaku in the highlands of the Andes mountains have stood as proxy for the desires and ambitions of various empires and political agendas; in the last hundred years, scholars have attempted to answer the question "What was Tiwanaku?" by examining these shattered remains from a distant preliterate past. This volume contains twelve papers from senior scholars, whose contributions discuss subjects from the farthest points of the southern Andes, where the iconic artifacts of Tiwanaku appear as offerings to the departed, to the heralded ruins weathered by time and burdened by centuries of interpretation and speculation. Visions of Tiwanaku stays true to its name by providing a platform for each scholar to present an informed view on the nature of this enigmatic place that seems so familiar, yet continues to elude understanding by falling outside our established models for early cities and states.
Author: Alan L. Kolata Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1557861838 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 337
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The Tiwanaku The city of Tiwanaku lies ruined in the rugged Andean steppe of Bolivia twelve thousand feet above sea level, the highest urban settlement of the ancient world. Its wide streets open towards ramparts of glaciated mountain peaks and the intense blue waters of Lake Titicaca. Gigantic stone sculptures and shattered architectural blocks suggest profound antiquity and the passage of great events, now lost and unremembered. Here, two and a half thousand years ago, a distinct society emerged which over the course of thirteen centuries developed one of the greatest civilizations and the first empire of the ancient Americas. This book, the first published history of the Tiwanakan peoples from their origins to their present survival, is a feat of scholarly and archaeological detection undertaken and led by the author. Alan Kolata draws together the evidence of historical documents from the time of the Iberian conquest, accounts and legends of the contemporary inhabitants, and the results of extensive excavations in order to provide a narrative covering three thousand years. In doing so he addresses and explains features of Tiwanakan culture that have long puzzled scholars: the origins of their uniquely massive architecture, the nature of their sophisticated hydraulically-engineered agriculture, their obsession with decapitation and the display of severed heads, and not least the reasons for their mysterious and sudden decline at the end of the tenth century. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and drawings, and is fully referenced and indexed. Although written to appeal to the nonspecialist and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this is a book of scholarly import, and likely to become the standard work for many years.
Author: Margaret Young-Sánchez Publisher: ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 276
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In 2005, the Denver Art Museum hosted a symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca. An international array of scholars of Tiwanaku, Wari, and Inca art and archaeology presented results of the latest research conducted in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Bringing together current research on Pucara, Tiwanaku, Wari, and Inca art and archaeology, this volume will be an important resource for scholars and enthusiasts of ancient South America.
Author: KOLATA ALAN L Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC) ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 352
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Review: "Discusses physical environment, paleoecology, raised fields, groundwater control, nutrient fluxes, long-term sustainability, experimental rehabilitation, and impact of climate fluctuations on the decline of the Tiwanaku State"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas.
Author: Brien Foerster Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1300461977 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 106
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Among the least understood of ancient megalithic sites in South America is Tiwanaku, located about 12,500 feet in elevation near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. And even less is known about Puma Punku, which is in fact part of the Tiwanaku complex, and displays levels of stone shaping craftsmanship that can barely be recreated today. Who built these amazing places, when, and why? Brien was featured in an hour long special on Ancient Aliens TV, season 4 discussing both places...or are they one and the same?
Author: Margaret Young-S¾nchez
Author: Margaret Young-S¾nchez
Author: John Wayne Janusek
Author: Charles Stanish
Author: Alan L. Kolata
Author: Margaret Young-Sánchez
Author: KOLATA ALAN L
Author: Juan Albarracín-Jordán
Author: Alan L. Kolata
Author: John Wayne Janusek
Author: Brien Foerster