Rituals of the past: prehispanic and colonial case studies in Andean archaeology
Date
2017
Authors
Rosenfeld, Silvana A., editor
Bautista, Stefanie L., editor
University Press of Colorado, publisher
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Abstract
Through the study of archaeological, ethnographic, linguistic, and historical evidence from northern Peru to northern Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina, the authors in this volume show the significance of ritual from pre-contact to present day in the Andes. These volume essays deal with theoretical and methodological concerns in anthropology and archaeology including non-human and human agency, the development and maintenance of political and religious authority, ideology, cosmologies, and social memory, and their relationships with ritual action. By providing a diachronic and widely regional perspective on ritual in the Andes, this volume shows how ritual is both persistent and dynamic and is key in understanding many aspects of the formation, reproduction, and change of life in past Andean societies.
Description
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
Subject
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Rites and ceremonies
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Rites and ceremonies
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Andes Region
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru
Andes Region -- Antiquities
Peru -- Antiquities