Title: The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget
Author: Rough Guides, Mark Davidson & 3 more
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN-13: 9781835290101
Ideal for independent travellers, this guidebook, written by destination experts, combines must-see sights with hidden gems and offers essential tips for both planning and on-the-ground adventures. Inside this South America on a Budget travel book, you'll find coverage of key regions, itineray samples, tips on how to get to places, save time and money among other itps, expert recommendation on where to eat, stay and so on, seasonal tips on when to visit, a curated selectionof not-to-miss sights, navigational maps, cultural insights, language essentials and a free download e-book with purchase.
Title: South American Handbook: 100th Anniversary Edition
Author: Daniel Austin and Ben Box
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN-13: 9781804692707
In this 100th-anniversary edition, the South American Handbook advises on how to navigate each place, big or small, in every country. It is your key to a treasure trove of diverse landscapes, a rich tapestry of cultures and hospitable peoples – and a celebration of the spirit of adventure and independence that characterises travel in the world’s greatest continent. Drawing on the expertise of correspondents in the region and travellers’ experiences, this centenary edition of the Handbook provides the thread from Acandi to Ushuaia and everywhere you may wish to stop off in between.
Title: Solo Travel in South America: The 2025 Female Explorer’s Guide to Peru, Colombia & Beyond
Author: Janice A. Osler
Publisher: independently published
ISBN-13: 979-8290142166
Whether you're dreaming of hiking Machu Picchu, dancing through the streets of Cartagena, or sipping coffee in a Medellín café, this guide is written just for you, the bold woman ready to take South America on her own terms in 2025. In this book, you’ll find guides to Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina tailored for female travellers; courage-building tips for staying safe, packing lists, budgeting tips, and real safety advice from what to wear to how to navigate solo-friendly hostels and tours. If you're ready to explore the world, this book is your ultimate travel companion.
Title: Undiscovered Latin American Hiking Cities: The Mountains Between Maps
Author: Simeon Yahya
Publisher: Independently published
ISBN-13: 9798269709826
Discover the cities where mountains breathe, cobblestones whisper, and every trail tells a story. From the misty stairways of Cusco to the hill-painted horizons of Valparaíso, Undiscovered Latin American Hiking Citiestakes you beyond the guidebooks—into the quiet veins of Latin America’s most soulful urban landscapes. Told in vivid first-person narrative, it invites you to walk forgotten paths, secret viewpoints, and local encounters that redefine travel. Each chapter unveils a new layer: Cusco, Medellín, Valparaíso, Quito. Through poetic reflection and real encounters, it reveals that true exploration begins not in distance, but in depth.
Title: Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes
Editor: Gabriel Prieto & Daniel H. Sandweiss
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN-13: 9780813066141
This volume looks beyond the subsistence strategies of maritime communities and their surroundings to discuss broader anthropological issues related to social adaptation, monumentality, urbanism, and political and religious change. Among many other topics, it shows that the maritime industry enabled some urban communities to draw on marine resources in addition to agriculture, ensuring their success. During the Colonial period, many fishermen were exempt from paying tributes to the Spanish, and their specialization helped them survive as the Andean population dwindled. Contributors also consider the relationship between fishing and climate change—including weather patterns like El Niño.
Title: Shaping Terrain: City Building in Latin America
Editor: René Davids
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN-13: 9730813062679
Showing how the physical landscape and local ecology have influenced human settlement and built form in Latin America since pre-Columbian times, this volume focuses on the ways existing topography has shaped post-colonial urbanism. Most urban centers and capitals of Latin American countries are situated on or near dramatically varied terrain, and this book explores the interplay between built works and their geographies in various cities including Bogotá, Caracas, Mendoza, México D. F., Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, and Valparaíso. Shaping Terrain is a wide-ranging representation of the unique legacy of Latin America's urban heritage.
Title: Cultural Landscapes in the Ancient Andes: Archaelogies of Place
Author: Jerry D. Moore
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN-13: 9780813028224
The ancient civilizations of the South American Andes created some of the most spectacular monuments and buildings in the Western Hemispere, and these edifices had a wide range of impacts on the cultures they served. Jerry Moore examines archaeological and ethnohistorical data with an innovative lens and discovers what the architecture of the Moche, Chimu, and Inca reveals about the roles of authority, conflict, and ritual in the cultural identities of these societies. He also discusses "house societies" as conceived by Levi-Strauss and argues for the emergence of house societies on the north coast of Peru after 800 CE.
Title: Frontier Life in Ancient Peru: The Archaeology of Cerro La Cruz
Author: Melissa A. Vogel
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN-13: 9780813061337
Focusing on the frontier site of Cerro la Cruz in the Chao Valley, this volume details the role of cross-cutting social networks and the dynamics of shifting political boundaries in prehistoric north coast Peru. Vogel's systematic and comprehensive volume synthesizes information about the societies in this region while also expanding and clarifying the definition of Casma-style ceramics and architecture for comparison with other sites. As the first English-language work on the Casma polity, this is a powerful new resource for understanding an important pre-Inca culture and a fascinating investigation of the development and collapse of complex societies.
