Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains: A Study of the World’s Highest Archaeological Sites
The Incas carried out some of the most dramatic ceremonies known…
The Chanka
In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that…
Settlement and Subsistence at Early Formative Soconusco: El Varal and the Problem of Inter-Site Assemblage Variation
The Soconusco region, a narrow strip of the Pacific coast…
Gallinazo: An Early Cultural Tradition on the Peruvian North Coast
Over the last decades, considerable effort has been directed…
Blood and Beauty: Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame are…
Andean Civilization: A Tribute to Michael E. Moseley
This volume brings together exciting new field data by more…
South American Camelids
One of the most significant differences between the New World’s…
Pompeian Households: An Analysis of Material Culture
Studies of Pompeian material culture have traditionally been…
Archaeology of Mobility
A majority of laymen, politicians and scholars consciously…
Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Architecture and Pottery
During the Late Intermediate period (AD 1100-1470), the lower…