Landscape and Politics in the Ancient Andes: Biographies of Place at Khonkho Wankane

by Scott C. Smith and Scott C. Smith

This book is a study of the ways places are created and how they attain meaning. Smith presents archaeological data from Khonkho Wankane in the southern Lake Titicaca basin of Bolivia to explore how landscapes were imagined and constructed during processes of political centralization in this region. In particular he examines landscapes of movement and the development of powerful political and religious centers during the Late Formative period (200...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826357091
• ISBN13: 9780826357090
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"