This book presents recent findings on the structure and evolution of the Southern Andes. Through a detailed description of a series of orogenic segments reviewed by the different groups that have worked with structural and geophysical tools in each area over the last several yea…
In this edited volume, Andean wak'as-idols, statues, sacred places, images, and oratories-play a central role in understanding Andean social philosophies, cosmologies, materialities, temporalities, and constructions of personhood. Top Andean scholars from a variety of discipline…
"In this edited volume, Andean wak'as--idols, statues, sacred places, images, and oratories--play a central role in understanding Andean social philosophies, cosmologies, materialities, temporalities, and constructions of personhood. Top Andean scholars from a variety of discipl…
In 2010, Willem Assies, an astute and prolific Latin Americanist and political anthropologist, died unexpectedly, at the age of 55. This book brings together some of his writings. Assies would always gave central stage to the collective and multi-layered actor and not the system…
Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: In Search of the Meaning Within / Peter Eeckhout -- Part I. Monumental: Landscapes and Architecture. -- The Sunken Court Tradition in the South-Central Andes / Abigail Levine and Charles Stanish -- Reflective and Communicative Waka: Interaction …
"Presenting studies in Andean archaeology and iconography by leading specialists in the field, this volume tackles the question of how researchers can come to understand the intangible, intellectual worlds of Andean culturesfrom the fourth to the sixteenth centuries"--
"Presenting studies in Andean archaeology and iconography by leading specialists in the field, this volume tackles the question of how researchers can come to understand the intangible, intellectual worlds of Andean cultures from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries"--
"Presenting studies in Andean archaeology and iconography by leading specialists in the field, this volume tackles the question of how researchers can come to understand the intangible, intellectual worlds of ancient peoples. 'Archaeological Interpretations' is a fascinating ont…
"Presenting studies in Andean archaeology and iconography by leading specialists in the field, this volume tackles the question of how researchers can come to understand the intangible, intellectual worlds of Andean cultures from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries"--
by Aliaga, José Ramón Iglesias, Bouchard, J. F., Guillaume-Gentil, Nicolas, Guinea, Mercedes, Marcos, Jorge G., Obelic, Bogomil, Patiño, Diógenes, Sánchez Mosquera, Amelia, Scott, John F., Stothert, Karen E., Terán, Dra. Paulina G., Riesco Terrero, Ángel, Tihay, Jean-Pierre, Usillos, Andrés Gutiérrez, Usselmann, Pierre, Veintimilla, César, Zaldumbide, María del Carmen Molestina
En este volumen se recogen la mayor parte de las ponencias que fueron presentadas en el Simposio El Área Ecuatorial Andina: Regionalización, periodización e intercambio, que tuvo lugar dentro del 49 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, (Julio de 1997 en la ciudad de Quito). …
