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dc.contributor.editorPearce, Adrian J.
dc.contributor.editorBeresford-Jones, David G.
dc.contributor.editorHeggarty, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T12:15:37Z
dc.date.available2021-12-08T12:15:37Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierONIX_20211208_9781787357358_9
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51777
dc.description.abstractNowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow-line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. The different disciplines that research the human past in South America have long tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be taken independently of each other. Objections have repeatedly been raised, however, to warn against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia, when there are also clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. The volume emerges from an innovative programme of conferences and symposia conceived explicitly to foster awareness, discussion and co-operation across the divides between disciplines. Underway since 2008, this programme has already yielded major publications on the Andean past, including History and Language in the Andes (2011) andArchaeology and Language in the Andes (2012). ‘This book makes a major contribution to the study of the deep, interregional history of humanity in South America. I am unaware of any other volume that occupies the place envisioned for this work, with the result that it will become a standard book to be read or consulted for some time to come. Overall, it is a professional contribution of real significance that will be widely used across history, genetics, linguistics, and archaeology, as discussion of the kinds of issues treated by this study of Andean-Amazonian relations is badly needed.’ – Terence N. D’Altroy, Columbia University
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americasen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAndes
dc.subject.otherAmazonia
dc.subject.otherSouth America
dc.subject.otherarchaeology
dc.subject.otherlinguistics
dc.subject.otheranthropology
dc.subject.otherhistory
dc.subject.otherrainforest
dc.subject.othergeneticists
dc.subject.otherethnohistorians
dc.subject.otherhistorians
dc.titleRethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide
dc.title.alternativeA cross-disciplinary exploration
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.14324/111.9781787357358
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydf73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2
oapen.relation.isbn9781787357358
oapen.relation.isbn9781787357419
oapen.relation.isbn9781787357471
oapen.relation.isbn9781787357532
oapen.relation.isbn9781787357594
oapen.imprintUCL Press
oapen.pages420
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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