Anmerkung: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1992 Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-366) |
Inhalt: | "Based on evidence obtained at 17 preceramic, 20 early Tiwanaku, 3 classic Tiwanaku, 1 late Tiwanaku, and 4 Inca sites, argues that interpretations of State formation have been distorted by European perspective. Archaeological, historical, and ethnographic evidence support a segmentary State model rather than a centralized bureaucracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57 |