
Author/Contributor(s): | Vaughn, Kevin J |
Publisher: | University of Arizona Press |
Date: | 02/01/2012 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
Vaughn is interested in how societies develop and change, in particular their subsistence and political economies, interactions between elites and commoners, and the ritual activities of everyday life. By focusing on one village, Marcaya, he not only illuminates the lives and relationships of its people but he also contributes to an understanding of the more general roles played by villages in the growth of increasingly complex societies in the Andes. By examining agency in local affairs, he is able for the first time to explore the nature of power in Nasca and how it may have changed over time. By studying village and household activities, Vaughn argues, we can begin to appreciate from the ground up such essential activities as production, consumption, and the ideologies revealed by rituals-and thereby gain fresh insights into ancient civilizations.