Heads of state : icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes /

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Addresses the importance of the human head in political, ritual and symbolic contexts in the ancient and modern Andes.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arnold, Denise Y.
Other Authors: Hastorf, Christine Ann, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Kings and rulers.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Antiquities.
Head > Political aspects > Andes Region.
Head > Religious aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Antiquities
Head > Religious aspects
Indians of South America > Antiquities
Indians of South America > Kings and rulers
Indians of South America > Politics and government
Kings and rulers
Politics and government
Andes Region > Kings and rulers.
Andes Region > Antiquities.
Andes Region > Politics and government.
Andes Region
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Headhunting in the Andes; Methods and the Organization of the Book; Part I
  • The Ethnography of Andean Head Taking and Power; 1. Heads in Small-scale Polities; 2. The Captured Fetish, the Mountain Chest, and Sacrifice; 3. Drinking the Power of the Dead; 4. The Nested Power of Modern Andean Hierarchies; Part II
  • The Archaeology of Andean Head Taking and Power; 5. Heads and the Consolidation of Andean Political Power; 6. Heads and Andean Political Change from an Archaeological Perspective; 7. Central Andean Political Developments.

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