Relics of the past : the collecting and study of pre-Columbian antiquities in Peru and Chile, 1837-1911

Parallelsachtitel: Collecting and study of pre-Columbian antiquities in Peru and Chile, 1837-1911
1. Verfasser: Gänger, Stefanie
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 311 p. : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Oxford studies in the history of archaeology
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: antiquities in Peru and Chile
  • Collecting and studying antiquities
  • The spaces of collecting
  • Writing histories of archaeology
  • Through the lives of objects
  • The Mascapayacha: collections of Incan antiquities in Cuzco
  • Incan material culture under Spanish rule
  • Collections, salons, and learned societies
  • Commodities on sale
  • The Khipu: antiquarianism and archaeology in Lima
  • Khipus and communication in the Andes
  • Antiquarianism, antiquities collecting, and archaeology
  • A Khipu on the market
  • Pascual Coña: collecting and colonization in Araucanía
  • The free territories of Araucanía
  • Collecting Araucanian antiquities
  • The last of their kind
  • The Valdivia jug: archaeology over the War of the Pacific
  • An Incan civilization for South Americans
  • Antiquities collecting, archaeology, and national ancestry
  • Conclusion: relics of the past.