The Bioarchaeology of Societal Collapse and Regeneration in Ancient Peru
This book explores how individuals, social groups, and entire populations are impacted by the tumultuous collapse of ancient states and empires. Through meticulous study of the bones of the dead and the molecules embedded therein, bioarchaeologists can re
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Danielle Shawn Kurin
The Bioarchaeology of Societal Collapse and Regeneration in Ancient Peru
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Series editor Debra L. Martin Professor of Anthropology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11976
Danielle Shawn Kurin
The Bioarchaeology of Societal Collapse and Regeneration in Ancient Peru
Danielle Shawn Kurin University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory ISBN 978-3-319-28402-6 ISBN 978-3-319-28404-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28404-0
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For Richard, Allyn, and Jaclyn Kurin and for Manuel—tusukuy sonqomi kuyayki
Foreword
This engaging and important volume on the bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration in ancient Peru has information that will be of interest to anyone hoping to understand continuity in cultures over the long arc of time. Additionally, this study informs us on how individuals and groups weather governmental collapse and possible apocalypse with rebirth built on innovation, reinvention of identities, and rebirth of alliances and new polities. Using a rich and diverse bioarchaeological data set from the Andean Highlands, the author takes a close and careful look at how people on the ground as well as groups at the population level were impacted by the collapse of their state. More importantly, this study looks at how cultures can be transformed, reconfigured, and regenerated in the aftermath of collapse. One of the hallmarks of the new bioarchaeology is the ability to draw on multiple lines of evidence to build robust interpretive frameworks. In this case, skeletal data is but one line of
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