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

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

This book examines the varied faces of war, politics, and violent spectacle over thousands of years in the pre-Columbian Andes.

Andean peoples recognize places as neither sacred nor profane, but rather in terms of the power they emanate and the identities they materialize and reproduce.

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