Description: Twelve papers from senior scholars, whose contributions discuss subjects from the farthest points of the southern Andes. Provides a platform for each to present an informed view on the nature of this enigmatic place which continues to elude understanding by falling outside our established models for early cities and states.
Brief description: Alexei Vranich holds a faculty and administrative appointment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Charles Stanish holds the Lloyd Cotsen Chair in Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles.