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Author Lanning, Edward P., author.

Title Peru before the Incas / Edward P. Lanning.

Imprint Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1967.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  980.45 L283p 1967    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series A Spectrum book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The country -- 3. The archaeological background -- 4. The first inhabitants -- 5. Villages and temples -- 6. The beginnings of pottery -- 7. The Chavín cult -- 8. The rise of cities -- 9. The first round of empire -- 10. The interregnum -- 11. The Incas -- 12. The nature of Peruvian civilization.
Summary Describes prehistoric Peru's agriculture, governments, and social systems. His portraits of the region's inhabitants include discussions of their physical characteristics, customs, languages, medical and technical skills, and notions of beauty. The earliest inhabitants of Peru were nomadic food gatherers, hunters, and fisherman. Later, farming developed, and by 2000 B.C. more complex communities appeared, finally culminating in such sophisticated states as those of the Moche and Nazca peoples.--From publisher's description.
Subject Peru -- History -- To 1548.
Peru -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America -- Peru -- History -- To 1500.
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.
Peru -- Antiquities.
Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
Indians of South America. (OCoLC)fst00969962
Indians of South America -- Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00969969
Peru. (OCoLC)fst01205190
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

 
    
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