Mummies and Mortuary Monuments : : A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization /

Mummies and Mortuary Monuments : : A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization / / William H. Isbell.

Since prehistoric times, Andean societies have been organized around the ayllu, a grouping of real or ceremonial kinspeople who share labor, resources, and ritual obligations. Many Andean scholars believe that the ayllu is as ancient as Andean culture itself, possibly dating back as far as 6000 B.C....

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Isbell, William H.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1997
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (391 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER I On Knowing the Past
  • CHAPTER II Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco
  • CHAPTER III Ancestor Mummies in Huarochirí
  • CHAPTER IV Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins
  • CHAPTER V The Open Sepulcher
  • CHAPTER VI Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments
  • CHAPTER VII The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo
  • CHAPTER VIII Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • AUTHOR INDEX

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