Lukurmata

Household Archaeology in Prehispanic Bolivia

Marc Bermann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

326 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60014-7 (ISBN)

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Household archaeology, together with community and regional settlement information, forms the basis for a unique local perspective of Andean prehistory in this study of the evolution of the site of Lukurmata, a pre-Columbian community in highland Bolivia. First established nearly two thousand years ago, Lukurmata grew to be a major ceremonial center in the Tiwanaku state, a polity that dominated the south-central Andes from a.d. 400 to 1200. After the Tiwanaku state collapsed, Lukurmata rapidly declined, becoming once again a small village. In his analysis of a 1300-year-long sequence of house remains at Lukurmata, Marc Bermann traces patterns and changes in the organization of domestic life, household ritual, ties to other communities, and mortuary activities, as well as household adaptations to overarching political and economic trends. Prehistorians have long studied the processes of Andean state formation, expansion, and decline at the regional level, notes Bermann. But only now are we beginning to understand how these changes affected the lives of the residents at individual settlements.
Presenting a "view from below" of Andean prehistory based on a remarkably extensive data set, Lukurmata is a rare case study of how prehispanic polities can be understood in new ways if prehistorians integrate the different lines of evidence available to them. Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Illustrations and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Interpreting Prehistoric Social Change3Ch. 2Household Archaeology19Ch. 3Lukurmata: Setting, Methodology, and Previous Research42Ch. 4Lukurmata's Earliest Occupation59Ch. 5Ties with Tiwanaku68Ch. 6Continuity and Change86Ch. 7The Rise of the Tiwanaku Polity97Ch. 8Lukurmata during the Tiwanaku III Period103Ch. 9Late Tiwanaku III Period Structures131Ch. 10Terminal Tiwanaku III Period Occupation: Specialized Architecture138Ch. 11Lukurmata and the Tiwanaku State149Ch. 12Lukurmata at Its Height178Ch. 13Lukurmata's Decline during the Tiwanaku V Period218Ch. 14The Post-Tiwanaku Period at Lukurmata225Ch. 15Conclusion: Lukurmata Households and the Tiwanaku State236Appendixes259I: Tabular Household Data261II: Faunal Remains from Lukurmata Domestic Occupations264III: Radiocarbon Dates from Lukurmata Domestic Contexts266IV: Regional Time Chain267V: Field Designations of Burials Mentioned in the Text268VI: Ceramic Descriptions269References277Index305

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Zusatzinfo	5 Maps
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-691-60014-7 / 0691600147
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60014-7 / 9780691600147
Zustand	Neuware