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The Casma city of El Purgatorio : ancient urbanism in the Andes / Melissa Vogel ; foreword by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek

Author
Vogel, Melissa A.
Published
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
xxiii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953-, Masson, Marilyn A., and Janusek, John Wayne, 1963-

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Contents
Urbanism in ancient America -- The Andes in late prehistory: an overview -- The Casma and their capital city -- The urban environment -- Urban ritual and the Casma religion -- Urban economy -- Urban residents -- Ancient cities and their worlds -- The city in retrospect.
Summary
Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire.
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ISBN
9780813062150 (cloth)
0813062152 (cloth)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-256) and index.
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