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050 00 $aF3430.1.H83$bP55 2005
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245 00 $aPikillacta :$bthe Wari empire in Cuzco /$cedited by Gordon F. McEwan.
260 $aIowa City :$bUniversity of Iowa Press,$cc2005.
300 $a182 p. :$bill., maps ;$c27 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-178) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction : Pikillacta and the Wari Empire /$rGordon F. McEwan -- $g2.$tPikillacta and its architectural typology /$rGordon F. McEwan and Nicole Couture -- $g3.$tExcavations at Pikillacta /$rGordon F. McEwan -- $g4.$tPikillacta architecture and construction requirements /$rGordon F. McEwan -- $g5.$tWari hydraulic works in the Lucre basin /$rAlfredo Valencia Zegarra -- $g6.$tPottery from Pikillacta /$rMary Glowacki -- $g7.$tDating Pikillacta /$rMary Glowacki -- $g8.$tHuman skeletal remains from Pikillacta /$rJohn W. Verano -- $g9.$tArsenic bronze at Pikillacta /$rHeather Lechtman -- $g10.$tConclusion : the functions of Pikillacta /$rGordon F. McEwan.
520 1 $a"With engineering skills rivaling those of the builders of Cuzco itself, the Wari at Pikillacta erected more than seven hundred buildings covering nearly two square kilometers, with a fresh water supply and an elaborate underground sewage system but, enigmatically, only seven short streets and a near total lack of windows. In this long-awaited volume, Gordon McEwan and his colleagues report on the labor costs of construction (nearly 6 million man-days), the typology of Pikillacta's enigmatic architecture, and the site's spectacular hydraulic system as well as its ceramics and chronology, human remains, and metal artifacts." "In the final section, building on his years of research and excavation, McEwan develops a hypothetical model of Wari provincial administration in the Cuzco region, arguing that the Wari were innovators of techniques of statecraft that explain the function of and the labor investment in the Pikillacta complex. His book not only substantively contributes to our understanding of when and exactly how and why Pikillacta was built and what it was used for, it also illuminates the political and cultural antecedents of the Inca state."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHuari Indians$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aHuari architecture$zPeru$zCuzco (Dept.)
650 0 $aHuari pottery$zPeru$zCuzco (Dept.)
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zPeru$zCuzco (Dept.)
651 0 $aPikillacta Site (Peru)
651 0 $aCuzco (Peru : Dept.)$xAntiquities.
700 1 $aMcEwan, Gordon Francis.
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