Peru before the Incas.
Flammarion| N° d'inventaire | 23367 |
| Format | 23 x 28 |
| Détails | 224 p. |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782081377059 |
The remains of the earliest societies of Peru's northern coast had long suffered the ravages of time and destruction. Their memory was fading in the shadow of a brilliant civilization, that of the Incas. For thirty years, excavations and studies of material cultures have gradually revealed the secrets of a history spanning millennia. Peru before the Incas bears scientific and clear witness to these treasures of Peruvian cultural heritage unearthed by archaeologists: remarkable ceramics, ornaments crafted in gold, copper, and silver. In the craftsmanship of these pieces and their functions, social practices, power relations, and beliefs can be read, which this book questions in a fascinating way. Through the analysis of architecture, the framework of societies is drawn, without which the Incas would undoubtedly not have reached the level of development and innovation that was theirs.
The remains of the earliest societies of Peru's northern coast had long suffered the ravages of time and destruction. Their memory was fading in the shadow of a brilliant civilization, that of the Incas. For thirty years, excavations and studies of material cultures have gradually revealed the secrets of a history spanning millennia. Peru before the Incas bears scientific and clear witness to these treasures of Peruvian cultural heritage unearthed by archaeologists: remarkable ceramics, ornaments crafted in gold, copper, and silver. In the craftsmanship of these pieces and their functions, social practices, power relations, and beliefs can be read, which this book questions in a fascinating way. Through the analysis of architecture, the framework of societies is drawn, without which the Incas would undoubtedly not have reached the level of development and innovation that was theirs.