First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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

Ancient Alterity in the Andes is the first major treatment on ancient alterity: how people in the past regarded others. At least since the 1970s, alterity has b

​Over the millennia, from stone tools among early foragers to clays to prized metals and mineral pigments used by later groups, mineral resources have had a p