Heads of state : icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes / Denise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf.
2008
F2230.1.P65 A76 2008eb
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Title
Heads of state : icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes / Denise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf.
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ISBN
9781598748000 (electronic bk.)
1598748009 (electronic bk.)
1598741705 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781598741704 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1598741713 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781598741711 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781598741704 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781598741711 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1598748009 (electronic bk.)
1598741705 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781598741704 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1598741713 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781598741711 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781598741704 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781598741711 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2008.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
F2230.1.P65 A76 2008eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)680622603
Summary
Addresses the importance of the human head in political, ritual and symbolic contexts in the ancient and modern Andes.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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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