La Galgada, Peru: A Preceramic Culture in Transition

by C. Earle Smith Jr., Alberto Bueno Mendoza, Terence E. Grieder, et al.

Excavations over many years in the Peruvian Andes and coastal regions have revealed that the village settlements on the west coast of South America were one of the early centers of world civilization. One of these settlements, La Galgada, flourished from 3000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. Its extraordinarily complete cultural remains help to reconstruct a picture of human life, health, activities, and trade relations as they were 4,000 years ago and allow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741065
• ISBN13: 9780292741065
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"