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From chiefdom to empire stateBook 2001 • Costin, Cathy
Andean Regional States • South America > Central Andes
This dissertation analyzes the relationship between the evolution of complex society and craft specialization. Costin suggests four parameters which characterize the organization of production which she defines in the text and identifies their underl...Textiles, women, and political economy in late prehispanic Peruarticle 1993 • Costin, Cathy Lynne
Inka • South America > Central Andes
Costin examines textile production as it is portrayed in the ethnohistoric literature and in the archaeological remains found throughout the Yanamarca Valley in Peru. For the sake of simplification, as gender can not be distinguished in the archaelog...