This book argues that a careful consideration of Andean conceptions of powerful places is critical not only to understanding Andean political and religious hist

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Biographies of Place -- 2: Place-Making and Politics -- 3:

This book is a study of the ways places are created and how they attain meaning. Smith presents archaeological data from Khonkho Wankane in the southern Lake Ti

For about a century and half, between the collapse of the highland state of Tiwanaku about 1300 and the unification of the area under the Incas about 1450, the

The Ancient Andean States combines modern social theory, recent archaeological literature, and the experience of the author to examine politics and power in the