Pikillacta : the Wari Empire in Cuzco / edited by Gordon F. McEwan

Object Details

editor

McEwan, Gordon Francis

Contents

1: Pikillacta and the Wari Empire / Gordon F. McEwan -- Exploration and excavation at Pikillacta -- 2: Pikillacta and its architectural typology / Gordon F. McEwan and Nicole Couture -- 3: Excavations at Pikillacta / Gordon F. McEwan -- 4: Pikillacta architecture and construction requirements / Gordon F. McEwan -- 5: Wari hydraulic works in the Lucre basin / Alfredo Valencia Zegarra -- Data analysis -- 6: Pottery from Pikillacta / Mary Glowacki -- 7: Dating Pikillacta / Mary Glowacki -- 8: Human skeletal remains from Pikillacta / John W. Verano -- 9: Arsenic bronze at Pikillacta / Heather Lechtman -- 10: The functions of Pikillacta / Gordon F. McEwan

Summary

"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."--Jacket.

2005

Type

Books

Physical description

182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place

Peru

Cusco (Region)

Pérou

Cuzco (Département)

Pikillacta Site (Peru)

Cusco (Peru : Region)

Pikillacta (Pérou : Site archéologique)

Cuzco (Pérou : Département)

Pikillacta Site

Pikillacta

Cuzco

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Politics and government

Huari architecture

Huari pottery

Excavations (Archaeology)

Huari (Indiens)--Politique et gouvernement

Architecture huari

Céramique huari

Fouilles (Archéologie)

15.38 archaeology of the non-Western world

Antiquities

Antiquités

Record ID

siris_sil_765120

Metadata Usage (text)

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