LEADER 03767nam 22007454a 450 001 9910957003903321 005 20251117091636.0 010 $a1-315-42755-9 010 $a1-315-42756-7 010 $a1-315-42757-5 010 $a1-59874-800-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315427577 035 $a(CKB)2550000000060297 035 $a(EBL)677768 035 $a(OCoLC)680622603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484887 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328458 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484887 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594889 035 $a(PQKB)10038938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC677768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL677768 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10411858 035 $a(OCoLC)956466677 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000060297 100 $a20070814d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHeads of state $eicons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes /$fDenise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWalnut Creek, CA $cLeft Coast Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc. 311 08$a1-59874-170-5 311 08$a1-59874-171-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a8. ConclusionsAppendixes; Sites and Toponyms Mentioned in the Text; Andean Cultural Sequences; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors 330 $aThe 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 fieldwo 606 $aIndians of South America$zAndes Region$xPolitics and government 606 $aIndians of South America$zAndes Region$xKings and rulers 606 $aIndians of South America$zAndes Region$xAntiquities 606 $aHead$xPolitical aspects$zAndes Region 606 $aHead$xReligious aspects$zAndes Region 607 $aAndes Region$xKings and rulers 607 $aAndes Region$xAntiquities 607 $aAndes Region$xPolitics and government 615 0$aIndians of South America$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aIndians of South America$xKings and rulers. 615 0$aIndians of South America$xAntiquities. 615 0$aHead$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aHead$xReligious aspects 676 $a323.1198 700 $aArnold$b Denise Y$01616446 701 $aHastorf$b Christine Ann$f1950-$0956152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957003903321 996 $aHeads of state$94493830 997 $aUNINA