Andean archaeology I :variations in sociopolitical organization (Record no. 60208)
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| fixed length control field | 02022cam a22001814a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780306467721 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 980.01 |
| Item number | AND |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Andean archaeology I :variations in sociopolitical organization |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, |
| Year of publication | c2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 390p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | <br/><br/> Study of the origin and development of civilization is of unequaled importance for understanding the cultural processes that create human societies. Is cultural evolution directional and regular across human societies and history, or is it opportunistic and capricious? Do apparent regularities come from the way inves tigators construct and manage knowledge, or are they the result of real constraints on and variations in the actual processes? Can such questions even be answered? We believe so, but not easily. By comparing evolutionary sequences from different world civilizations scholars can judge degrees of similarity and difference and then attempt explanation. Of course, we must be careful to assess the influence that societies of the ancient world had on one another (the issue of pristine versus non-pristine cultural devel opment: see discussion in Fried 1967; Price 1978). The Central Andes were the locus of the only societies to achieve pristine civilization in the southern hemi sphere and only in the Central Andes did non-literate (non-written language) civ ilization develop. It seems clear that Central Andean civilization was independent on any graph of archaic culture change. Scholars have often expressed appreciation of the research opportunities offered by the Central Andes as a testing ground for the study of cultural evolu tion (see, e. g. , Carneiro 1970; Ford and Willey 1949: 5; Kosok 1965: 1-14; Lanning 1967: 2-5).<br/><br/> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Indians of South America |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Indians of South America |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Indians of South America |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Isbell, William Harris,Ed. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Silverman, Helaine,Ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 17/12/2020 | 980.01 AND | 50821 | BK |