03761nam 22007454a 450 991081066200332120200520144314.01-315-42755-91-315-42756-71-315-42757-51-59874-800-910.4324/9781315427577 (CKB)2550000000060297(EBL)677768(OCoLC)680622603(SSID)ssj0000484887(PQKBManifestationID)11328458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484887(PQKBWorkID)10594889(PQKB)10038938(MiAaPQ)EBC677768(Au-PeEL)EBL677768(CaPaEBR)ebr10411858(OCoLC)956466677(EXLCZ)99255000000006029720070814d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeads of state icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes /Denise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf1st ed.Walnut Creek, CA Left Coast Pressc20081 online resource (294 p.)First published 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc.1-59874-170-5 1-59874-171-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index.Contents; 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 Developments8. ConclusionsAppendixes; Sites and Toponyms Mentioned in the Text; Andean Cultural Sequences; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; About the AuthorsThe human head has had important political, ritual and symbolic meanings throughout Andean history. Scholars have spoken of captured and trophy heads, curated crania, symbolic flying heads, head imagery on pots and on stone, head-shaped vessels, and linguistic references to the head. In this synthesizing work, cultural anthropologist Denise Arnold and archaeologist Christine Hastorf examine the cult of heads in the Andes-past and present-to develop a theory of its place in indigenous cultural practice and its relationship to political systems. Using ethnographic and archaeological fieldwoIndians of South AmericaAndes RegionPolitics and governmentIndians of South AmericaAndes RegionKings and rulersIndians of South AmericaAndes RegionAntiquitiesHeadPolitical aspectsAndes RegionHeadReligious aspectsAndes RegionAndes RegionKings and rulersAndes RegionAntiquitiesAndes RegionPolitics and governmentIndians of South AmericaPolitics and government.Indians of South AmericaKings and rulers.Indians of South AmericaAntiquities.HeadPolitical aspectsHeadReligious aspects323.1198Arnold Denise Y0Hastorf Christine Ann1950-956152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810662003321Heads of state4027114UNINA