Pre-Columbian Latin America: From the First Peoples to Tupac Amaru. Last Ice Age - 16th Century.
Belin| N° d'inventaire | 26552 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 680 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782410028362 |
Over the course of a long history—from the archaic times when the first humans settled there to the discovery of the continent by Europeans—the indigenous peoples of Latin America formed bands of hunter-gatherers, became farmers, organized themselves into chiefdoms, built powerful cities and empires, and erected monumental architecture across an immense area, from Mesoamerica to the confines of Tierra del Fuego. Despite sometimes hostile terrain and climates, complex civilizations emerged: the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs in Mesoamerica, the Incas in the Andes, and dozens of others with distinctive languages, beliefs, and organizations.
Despite considerable scientific advances, large sections of this fascinating history remain unknown, and Carmen Bernand aims to shed light on them in this innovative work. Drawing on archaeology in all its aspects, from botany to geology, ethnography and essentially pre-Columbian sources, as well as original iconography and unpublished maps, more than 30,000 years of Latin American history are recounted here.
Over the course of a long history—from the archaic times when the first humans settled there to the discovery of the continent by Europeans—the indigenous peoples of Latin America formed bands of hunter-gatherers, became farmers, organized themselves into chiefdoms, built powerful cities and empires, and erected monumental architecture across an immense area, from Mesoamerica to the confines of Tierra del Fuego. Despite sometimes hostile terrain and climates, complex civilizations emerged: the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs in Mesoamerica, the Incas in the Andes, and dozens of others with distinctive languages, beliefs, and organizations.
Despite considerable scientific advances, large sections of this fascinating history remain unknown, and Carmen Bernand aims to shed light on them in this innovative work. Drawing on archaeology in all its aspects, from botany to geology, ethnography and essentially pre-Columbian sources, as well as original iconography and unpublished maps, more than 30,000 years of Latin American history are recounted here.