Funerary practices and models in the ancient Andes the return of the living dead
"This edited volume focuses on the funerary archaeology of the Pan-Andean area in the pre-Hispanic period. The contributors examine the treatment of the dead and provide an understanding of how these ancient groups coped with mortality, as well as the ways in which they strove to overcome the e...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2015
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| Schlagworte: |
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
> Indians of South America
> Antiquities
> Death
> Social aspects
> Tombs
> Grave goods
> Human remains (Archaeology)
> Social archaeology
> Excavations (Archaeology)
> Andes Region
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Anden
> Sozialarchäologie
> Bestattungsritus
> Ausgrabung
> Funde
> Geschichte Anfänge-1500
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This edited volume focuses on the funerary archaeology of the Pan-Andean area in the pre-Hispanic period. The contributors examine the treatment of the dead and provide an understanding of how these ancient groups coped with mortality, as well as the ways in which they strove to overcome the effects of death. The contributors also present previously unpublished discoveries and employ a range of academic and analytical approaches that have rarely--if ever--been utilised in South America before. The book covers the Formative Period to the end of the Inca Empire, and the chapters together comprise a state-of-the-art summary of all the best research on Andean funerary archaeology currently being carried out around the globe"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-296) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 307 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781107059344 978-1-107-05934-4 9781107629639 978-1-107-62963-9 |