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The Wari: Empire of the Ancient Andes

by Elliot Rowan
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798199383820
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 158
  • Original Price: GBP 10.4
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 191 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Ancient / General

In The Wari: Empire of the Ancient Andes, Elliot Rowan brings to life one of the earliest imperial societies of the Americas, a civilization that rose in the highlands of Peru centuries before the Inca. From the valleys of Ayacucho to distant regions across the Andes, the Wari built a network of cities, roads, and agricultural systems that connected mountains, deserts, and river valleys into a unified world.

Drawing on archaeological discoveries from sites such as the Wari capital, Pikillacta, and Cerro Baul, Rowan reconstructs a society known not through written history but through architecture, ceramics, and the land itself. Planned cities, storage complexes, and vast terrace systems reveal a people capable of organizing labor and resources on a remarkable scale, while painted vessels and textiles preserve a rich visual language of identity and belief.

Rowan explores how the Wari governed without writing, expanded through administration and integration, and linked diverse regions into a single system. He traces their interactions with neighboring cultures, the pressures that led to their decline, and the legacy they left behind in the Andes.

More than a study of a lost civilization, this book reveals how the Wari shaped the foundations of later Andean empires, including the Inca. Their political power faded, but their influence endured in roads, landscapes, and traditions that continued to define the region for centuries.

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