Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes /

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"Andean peoples recognize places as neither sacred nor profane, but rather in terms of the power they emanate and the identities they materialize and reproduce. This book argues that a careful consideration of Andean conceptions of powerful places is critical not only to understanding Andean po...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Swenson, Edward (Editor), Jennings, Justin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Social life and customs.
Human ecology.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Indiens d'Amerique > Andes > Moeurs et coutumes.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Social life and customs.
Place (Philosophy) > Social aspects > Andes Region.
Human ecology > Andes Region.
Andes Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Andean peoples recognize places as neither sacred nor profane, but rather in terms of the power they emanate and the identities they materialize and reproduce. This book argues that a careful consideration of Andean conceptions of powerful places is critical not only to understanding Andean political and religious history but to rethinking sociological theories on landscapes more generally. The contributors evaluate ethnographic and ethnohistoric analogies against the material record to illuminate the ways landscapes were experienced and politicized over the last three thousand years"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (448 pages).
ISBN:9780826359957

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