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Book SynopsisHousehold 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 cente
Trade Review"[This book] represents a significant contribution to the archaeology of the household. Bermann's high standards of field excavation and scholarship admirably show the potential of household archaeology and for studying broad questions of sociopolitical evolution and culture change."--Journal of Anthropological Research
Table of ContentsIllustrations 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
