Drawing on research conducted in Cuzco, Peru,The Wari Civilization and Their Descendants: Imperial Transformation in Pre-Inca Cuzco, Peruanalyzes the political and social transformations that led to the downfall of the Wari civilization in the Andean Middle Horizon period (AD 5001000) and resulted in the rise of the Inca state. The contributors to this collection present evidence of the Wari civilizations robust, imperialistic occupation of Cuzco, and argue that this presence laid the groundwork for later regional polities that can be traced to the Late Horizon Inca period (AD 14761532). This collection fills a gap in scholarly literature on Cuzco prehistory, the provincial southern highlands of the Wari civilization, and early imperialism in the Andes.

Mary Glowacki is state archaeologist of Florida.Gordon F. McEwan is former professor of anthropology at Wagner College.

Chapter 1 Pikillacta, Huaro and the Wari Presence in Cuzco

Chapter 2The Wari Elite, What We Know from CuzcoChapter3 Evidence of Wari Warfare in the Cuzco RegionChapter4 Wari Decline, Cotocotuyoc, and the Beginning of the Late Intermediate PeriodChapter 5 The Bioarchaeology of Wari Collapse in Cuzco, Peru: A Study of Health and Trauma from the Middle HorizonLate Intermediate Period Transition at CotocotuyocChapter 6: Reassessing the Post-Wari Pottery Sequence in Cuzco, PeruChapter 7 The Identity of the Archaeological Cultures using the Lucre Style and Their Relationship to the IncaChapter 8 Choquepuquio Construction Technology: The Wari Legacy