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A boldly revisionist view of the organization of the ayllu, ancient Andean kinship groups.

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"This book provides an excellent review of the concept of the ayllu and its relationship to ancestor worship, architectural features, farming and landholding, political organization, and resistance to the state... It will be a hotly discussed and possibly controversial book." --Clark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. On Knowing the Past
  • II. Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco
  • III. Ancestor Mummies in Huarochirí
  • IV. Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins
  • V. The Open Sepulcher
  • VI. Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments
  • VII. The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo
  • VIII. Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1997
      ISBN13: 9780292717992, 978-0292717992
      ISBN10: 0292717997

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A boldly revisionist view of the organization of the ayllu, ancient Andean kinship groups.

      Trade Review
      "This book provides an excellent review of the concept of the ayllu and its relationship to ancestor worship, architectural features, farming and landholding, political organization, and resistance to the state... It will be a hotly discussed and possibly controversial book." --Clark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • I. On Knowing the Past
      • II. Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco
      • III. Ancestor Mummies in Huarochirí
      • IV. Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins
      • V. The Open Sepulcher
      • VI. Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments
      • VII. The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo
      • VIII. Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past
      • Bibliography
      • Indexes

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