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Melissa Vogel's Frontier Life in Ancient Peru offers a new perspective on ancient Peruvian life and geopolitics during a pivotal period of Andean cultural transformation between AD 900 and AD 1300. Focusing on the frontier site of Cerro la Cruz in the Chao Valley (located on the northern border of the Casma polity), this volume richly details the role of cross-cutting social networks and the dynamics of shifting political boundaries in prehistoric north coast Peru.

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Vogel's clear and concise prose makes this volume a delightful read, whilst interweaving theory and data to bring the Casma polity to life, with Cerro la Cruz emerging as an important frontier town along the northern boundary with Chimu... a first and important building block in our knowledge of late Prehispanic political entities. --Antiquity Sheds welcome light on shifting boundaries and cultural influences, but also tells a very human story, never losing sight of the 'little frontier town from the Peruvian past' at its heart. --Current World Archaeology [A] new and pivotal contribution to Andean Archaeology. --Anthropos Makes a salient case for the study of frontier populations in their own right and not simply for their relationship to a more politically dominant core. Consequently, its value extends well beyond regional studies in Andean prehistory. --Journal of Anthropological Research The volume will be a key source for students working in this geographic zone, and of interest to all Peruvianist archaeologists. --CHOICE [A] new and pivotal contribution to Andean Archaeology. Anthropos Vogel s clear and concise prose makes this volume a delightful read, whilst interweaving theory and data to bring the Casma polity to life, with Cerro la Cruz emerging as an important frontier town along the northern boundary with Chimu a first and important building block in our knowledge of late Prehispanic political entities. Antiquity Makes a salient case for the study of frontier populations in their own right and not simply for their relationship to a more politically dominant core. Consequently, its value extends well beyond regional studies in Andean prehistory. Journal of Anthropological Research Sheds welcome light on shifting boundaries and cultural influences, but also tells a very human story, never losing sight of the little frontier town from the Peruvian past at its heart. Current World Archaeology The volume will be a key source for students working in this geographic zone, and of interest to all Peruvianist archaeologists. CHOICE [A] new and pivotal contribution to Andean Archaeology. -- Anthropos Vogel's clear and concise prose makes this volume a delightful read, whilst interweaving theory and data to bring the Casma polity to life, with Cerro la Cruz emerging as an important frontier town along the northern boundary with Chimu... a first and important building block in our knowledge of late Prehispanic political entities. -- Antiquity Makes a salient case for the study of frontier populations in their own right and not simply for their relationship to a more politically dominant core. Consequently, its value extends well beyond regional studies in Andean prehistory. -- Journal of Anthropological Research Sheds welcome light on shifting boundaries and cultural influences, but also tells a very human story, never losing sight of the 'little frontier town from the Peruvian past' at its heart. -- Current World Archaeology The volume will be a key source for students working in this geographic zone, and of interest to all Peruvianist archaeologists. -- CHOICE

[A] new and pivotal contribution to Andean Archaeology. -- Anthropos

Sheds welcome light on shifting boundaries and cultural influences, but also tells a very human story, never losing sight of the 'little frontier town from the Peruvian past' at its heart. --Current World Archaeology Makes a salient case for the study of frontier populations in their own right and not simply for their relationship to a more politically dominant core. Consequently, its value extends well beyond regional studies in Andean prehistory. --Journal of Anthropological Research The volume will be a key source for students working in this geographic zone, and of interest to all Peruvianist archaeologists. --CHOICE Vogel's clear and concise prose makes this volume a delightful read, whilst interweaving theory and data to bring the Casma polity to life, with Cerro la Cruz emerging as an important frontier town along the northern boundary with Chimu... a first and important building block in our knowledge of late Prehispanic political entities. --Antiquity [A] new and pivotal contribution to Andean Archaeology. --Anthropos

[A] new and pivotal contribution to Andean Archaeology. Anthropos

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Melissa A. Vogel is associate professor of anthropology at Clemson University.

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