Archaeological interpretations : symbolic meaning within Andes prehistory

Weitere Verfasser: Eeckhout, Peter , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020].
Umfang/Format: xii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Andes
Parallelausgabe: Archaeological interpretation (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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 with the Sacred / Frank Meddens
  • Part II. Images and Concepts.
  • The Life Force Materialized in the Andean Religion / Christine A. Hastorf
  • Twisting and Spinning from Symbols to Signs: From Chavin to Tawantinsuyu / Gary Urton
  • Part III. Objects in Context.
  • Different Shades of Early Shamanism in the Upper Amazon / Francisco Valdez
  • Metal in the Recuay Culture of Ancient Peru: Art, Imagery, and Social Context / George Lau
  • The Meaning within Moche Masks / Edward Swenson
  • Part IV. Rituals and Ontology.
  • Ephemeral Memories: The Creation and Ritual Destruction of Architectonic Models in San José de Moro / Luis Jaime Castillo Butters
  • Farewell to the Gods: Interpreting the Use and Voluntary Abandonment of a Ritual Building at
  • Pachacamac, Peru / Peter Eeckhout.