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Author : Margaret Young-S¾nchez
Release : 2004-01-01
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 217/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tiwanaku by : Margaret Young-S¾nchez
Download or read book Tiwanaku written by Margaret Young-S¾nchez. This book was released on 2004-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the striking artwork and fascinating rituals of this highland culture through approximately one hundred works of art and cultural treasures.
Author : Alan L. Kolata
Release : 1993-12-08
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 838/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Tiwanaku by : Alan L. Kolata
Download or read book The Tiwanaku written by Alan L. Kolata. This book was released on 1993-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tiwanaku The city of Tiwanaku lies ruined in the rugged Andean steppe of Bolivia twelve thousand feet above sea level, the highest urban settlement of the ancient world. Its wide streets open towards ramparts of glaciated mountain peaks and the intense blue waters of Lake Titicaca. Gigantic stone sculptures and shattered architectural blocks suggest profound antiquity and the passage of great events, now lost and unremembered. Here, two and a half thousand years ago, a distinct society emerged which over the course of thirteen centuries developed one of the greatest civilizations and the first empire of the ancient Americas. This book, the first published history of the Tiwanakan peoples from their origins to their present survival, is a feat of scholarly and archaeological detection undertaken and led by the author. Alan Kolata draws together the evidence of historical documents from the time of the Iberian conquest, accounts and legends of the contemporary inhabitants, and the results of extensive excavations in order to provide a narrative covering three thousand years. In doing so he addresses and explains features of Tiwanakan culture that have long puzzled scholars: the origins of their uniquely massive architecture, the nature of their sophisticated hydraulically-engineered agriculture, their obsession with decapitation and the display of severed heads, and not least the reasons for their mysterious and sudden decline at the end of the tenth century. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and drawings, and is fully referenced and indexed. Although written to appeal to the nonspecialist and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this is a book of scholarly import, and likely to become the standard work for many years.
Author : John Wayne Janusek
Release : 2008-05-12
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 359/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ancient Tiwanaku by : John Wayne Janusek
Download or read book Ancient Tiwanaku written by John Wayne Janusek. This book was released on 2008-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major synthesis exploring Tiwanaku civilization in its geographical and cultural setting.
Author : Stella Nair
Release : 2013-12-31
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 994/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Stones of Tiahuanaco by : Stella Nair
Download or read book The Stones of Tiahuanaco written by Stella Nair. This book was released on 2013-12-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most artful and skillful stone architecture is found at Tiahuanaco at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. The precision of the stone masonry rivals that of the Incas to the point that writers from Spanish chroniclers of the sixteenth century to twentieth-century authors have claimed that Tiahuanaco not only served as a model for Inca architecture and stone masonry, but that the Incas even imported stonemasons from the Titicaca Basin to construct their buildings. Experiments aimed at replicating the astounding feats of the Tiahuanaco stonecutters--perfectly planar surfaces, perfect exterior and interior right angles, and precision to within 1 mm--throw light on the stonemasons' skill and knowledge, especially of geometry and mathematics. Detailed analyses of building stones yield insights into the architecture of Tiahuanaco, including its appearance, rules of composition, canons, and production, filling a significant gap in the understanding of Tiahuanaco's material culture.
Author : John Wayne Janusek
Release : 2004
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 339/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Identity and Power in the Ancient Andes by : John Wayne Janusek
Download or read book Identity and Power in the Ancient Andes written by John Wayne Janusek. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
