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Living with the Dead in the Andes
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Hardcover. "Living with the Dead in the Andes" provides new data and insights informed by general anthropological theory; the extensive bibliography alone is an important contribution. Scholars working with Andean mortuary practices (and prehistory generally) will be citing these chapters for years. Editor(s): Shimada, Izumi. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
The Andean idea of death differs markedly from the Western view. In the Central Andes, particularly the highlands, death is not conceptually separated from life, nor is it viewed as a permanent state. People, animals, and plants simply transition from a soft, juicy, dynamic life to drier, more lasting states, like dry corn husks or mummified ancestors. Death is seen as an extension of vitality.
Living with the Dead in the Andes considers recent research by archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, ethnographers, and ethnohistorians whose work reveals the diversity and complexity of the dead-living interaction. The book's contributors reap the salient results ... Read more
The Andean idea of death differs markedly from the Western view. In the Central Andes, particularly the highlands, death is not conceptually separated from life, nor is it viewed as a permanent state. People, animals, and plants simply transition from a soft, juicy, dynamic life to drier, more lasting states, like dry corn husks or mummified ancestors. Death is seen as an extension of vitality.
Living with the Dead in the Andes considers recent research by archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, ethnographers, and ethnohistorians whose work reveals the diversity and complexity of the dead-living interaction. The book's contributors reap the salient results ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816529773
SKU
V9780816529773
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About
Izumi Shimada is a professor of anthropology and distinguished scholar at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. He founded the National Sicán Museum in Ferreñafe, Peru. He is the editor of a dozen books, including Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach. James L. Fitzsimmons is an associate professor of anthropology at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. He is an anthropological archaeologist ... Read more
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