 | Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-2 Subjects: Indians of South America -- Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia) -- Antiquities; Tiwanaku culture -- Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia); Excavations (Archaeology) -- Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia); Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and B; This volume, the second in a series of studies on the archaeology of the Titicaca Basin, serves as an excellent springboard for broader discussions of the roles of ritual, authority, coercion, and the intensification of resources and trade for the development of archaic states worldwide. Over the last hundred years, scholars have painstakingly pieced together fragments of the incredible cultural history of the Titicaca Basin, an area that encompasses over 50,000 km2, achieving a basic understanding of settlement patterns and chronology. While large-scale surveys will need to continue and areas will need to be revisited to further refine chronologies and knowledge of site-formation processes, the maturation of the field now allows archaeologists to fruitfully invest energy in single locations and specialized topics. Alexei Vranich holds a faculty and administrative appointment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Abigail R. Levine is an academic affiliate of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. |
