Heads of state : icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes / / Denise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf |
Autore | Arnold Denise Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1198 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HastorfChristine Ann <1950-> |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of South America - Andes Region - Politics and government
Indians of South America - Andes Region - Kings and rulers Indians of South America - Andes Region - Antiquities Head - Political aspects - Andes Region Head - Religious aspects - Andes Region |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-42756-7
1-315-42757-5 1-59874-800-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Developments
8. ConclusionsAppendixes; Sites and Toponyms Mentioned in the Text; Andean Cultural Sequences; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458049903321 |
Arnold Denise Y. | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heads of state : icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes / / Denise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf |
Autore | Arnold Denise Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.1198 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HastorfChristine Ann <1950-> |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of South America - Andes Region - Politics and government
Indians of South America - Andes Region - Kings and rulers Indians of South America - Andes Region - Antiquities Head - Political aspects - Andes Region Head - Religious aspects - Andes Region |
ISBN |
1-315-42755-9
1-315-42756-7 1-315-42757-5 1-59874-800-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Developments
8. ConclusionsAppendixes; Sites and Toponyms Mentioned in the Text; Andean Cultural Sequences; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781865403321 |
Arnold Denise Y. | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The metamorphosis of heads : textual struggles, education, and land in the Andes / / Denise Y. Arnold with Juan de Dios Yapita |
Autore | Arnold Denise Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2/24408998324 |
Collana | Illuminations |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of South America - Education - Bolivia
Aymara Indians - Education Indians of South America - Andes Region - Languages - Writing Quipu Inca textile fabrics Indian literature - Criticism, Textual Transmission of texts - Andes Region Literacy - Bolivia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8229-7102-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Andean textual polity -- Colonizing texts and the struggle over meanings -- Lands, seeds, and letters : the cycles of production and reproduction -- Cycles of metamorphosis : the children as enemies -- Warriors and weavers : the pathways of learning in the community -- The cycles of libations in school rituals -- Cycles of memory : the Inka's voice -- Cycles of sound : prayers and the "rain of letters" -- The corporeality of Kipus : toward a mathematics incarnate -- Kipu, number, and writing -- Textual logic in the Andes -- Toward an Andean textual theory. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464652903321 |
Arnold Denise Y. | ||
Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The metamorphosis of heads : textual struggles, education, and land in the Andes / / Denise Y. Arnold with Juan de Dios Yapita |
Autore | Arnold Denise Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2/24408998324 |
Collana | Illuminations |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of South America - Education - Bolivia
Aymara Indians - Education Indians of South America - Andes Region - Languages - Writing Quipu Inca textile fabrics Indian literature - Criticism, Textual Transmission of texts - Andes Region Literacy - Bolivia |
ISBN | 0-8229-7102-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Andean textual polity -- Colonizing texts and the struggle over meanings -- Lands, seeds, and letters : the cycles of production and reproduction -- Cycles of metamorphosis : the children as enemies -- Warriors and weavers : the pathways of learning in the community -- The cycles of libations in school rituals -- Cycles of memory : the Inka's voice -- Cycles of sound : prayers and the "rain of letters" -- The corporeality of Kipus : toward a mathematics incarnate -- Kipu, number, and writing -- Textual logic in the Andes -- Toward an Andean textual theory. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789382903321 |
Arnold Denise Y. | ||
Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The metamorphosis of heads : textual struggles, education, and land in the Andes / / Denise Y. Arnold with Juan de Dios Yapita |
Autore | Arnold Denise Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2/24408998324 |
Collana | Illuminations |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of South America - Education - Bolivia
Aymara Indians - Education Indians of South America - Andes Region - Languages - Writing Quipu Inca textile fabrics Indian literature - Criticism, Textual Transmission of texts - Andes Region Literacy - Bolivia |
ISBN | 0-8229-7102-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Andean textual polity -- Colonizing texts and the struggle over meanings -- Lands, seeds, and letters : the cycles of production and reproduction -- Cycles of metamorphosis : the children as enemies -- Warriors and weavers : the pathways of learning in the community -- The cycles of libations in school rituals -- Cycles of memory : the Inka's voice -- Cycles of sound : prayers and the "rain of letters" -- The corporeality of Kipus : toward a mathematics incarnate -- Kipu, number, and writing -- Textual logic in the Andes -- Toward an Andean textual theory. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811059203321 |
Arnold Denise Y. | ||
Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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