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Mummies and mortuary monuments : a postprocessual prehistory of central Andean social organization /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isbell, William Harris, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Incas > Funeral customs and rites.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Funeral customs and rites.
Incas > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Antiquities.
Sepulchral monuments > Andes Region > History.
Social structure > Andes Region > History.
Andes Region > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • On knowing the past
  • Royal mummies of Inca Cuzco
  • Ancestor mummies in Huarochirí
  • Competing theories of Ayllu origins
  • The open sepulcher
  • Distribution of open sepulcher monuments
  • The open sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo
  • Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean past.