The Archaeology of Wak'as: Explorations of the Sacred in the Pre-Columbian Andes
Editat de Tamara L. Brayen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2019 – vârsta de la 18 ani
In
this
edited
volume,
Andean
wak'as—idols,
statues,
sacred
places,
images,
and
oratories—play
a
central
role
in
understanding
Andean
social
philosophies,
cosmologies,
materialities,
temporalities,
and
constructions
of
personhood.
Top
Andean
scholars
from
a
variety
of
disciplines
cross
regional,
theoretical,
and
material
boundaries
in
their
chapters,
offering
innovative
methods
and
theoretical
frameworks
for
interpreting
the
cultural
particulars
of
Andean
ontologies
and
notions
of
the
sacred.
Wak'as
were
understood
as
agentive,
nonhuman
persons
within
many
Andean
communities
and
were
fundamental
to
conceptions
of
place,
alimentation,
fertility,
identity,
and
memory
and
the
political
construction
of
ecology
and
life
cycles.
The
ethnohistoric
record
indicates
that
wak'as
were
thought
to
speak,
hear,
and
communicate,
both
among
themselves
and
with
humans.
In
their
capacity
as
nonhuman
persons,
they
shared
familial
relations
with
members
of
the
community,
for
instance,
young
women
were
wed
to
local
wak'as
made
of
stone
and
wak'as
had
sons
and
daughters
who
were
identified
as
the
mummified
remains
of
the
community's
revered
ancestors.
Integrating linguistic, ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archaeological data,The Archaeology of Wak'asadvances our understanding of the nature and culture of wak'as and contributes to the larger theoretical discussions on the meaning and role of–"the sacred” in ancient contexts.
Integrating linguistic, ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archaeological data,The Archaeology of Wak'asadvances our understanding of the nature and culture of wak'as and contributes to the larger theoretical discussions on the meaning and role of–"the sacred” in ancient contexts.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781607327318
ISBN-10: 1607327317
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 73
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
ISBN-10: 1607327317
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 73
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
Recenzii
"This
stimulating
volume
will
prove
essential
reading
for
scholars
interested
in
Andean
religion
and
political
history
.
.
.
It
will
become
one
of
the
most
important
sources
for
the
study
of
Andean
materialities
and
religious
practices.”
—Edward R. Swenson, University of Toronto
—Edward R. Swenson, University of Toronto
"The
Archaeology
of
Wak’asoffers
the
most
clear
and
insightful
exploration
of
Andean
ontologies
and
notions
of
the
sacred
that
I
have
read
thus
far.
The
edited
volume
is
masterfully
organized
and
exemplifies
current
theoretical
trends
in
anthropology.
.
.
.
this
book
belongs
on
the
shelves
of
any
scholar
interested
in
pre-Columbian
religion
and
symbolism."
—Anthropology News
"[T]he most important advance in decades in our understanding of what is known in the West as 'religion' among precolumbian societies of the Andes. . . . an exceptionally important and groundbreaking volume. It will be a standard work for students of Inka and Andean religions for many years to come."
—Latin American Antiquity
"[T]he organizational form of the book is exactly what an edited volume should be. Bray has selected an important and well-defined topic and passed it through a prism of diverse scholarly positions; the resulting essays proffer new understandings on the archaeology of wak’as in the Andes."
—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
—Anthropology News
"[T]he most important advance in decades in our understanding of what is known in the West as 'religion' among precolumbian societies of the Andes. . . . an exceptionally important and groundbreaking volume. It will be a standard work for students of Inka and Andean religions for many years to come."
—Latin American Antiquity
"[T]he organizational form of the book is exactly what an edited volume should be. Bray has selected an important and well-defined topic and passed it through a prism of diverse scholarly positions; the resulting essays proffer new understandings on the archaeology of wak’as in the Andes."
—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Notă biografică
Tamara
L.
Brayis
professor
of
anthropology
and
director
of
the
Gordon
L.
Grosscup
Museum
of
Anthropology
at
Wayne
State
University.
She
was
named
a
Michigan
Distinguished
Professor
of
the
Year
in
2013.
Descriere
In
this
edited
volume,
Andean
wak'as—idols,
statues,
sacred
places,
images,
and
oratories—play
a
central
role
in
understanding
Andean
social
philosophies,
cosmologies,
materialities,
temporalities,
and
constructions
of
personhood.
Top
Andean
scholars
from
a
variety
of
disciplines
cross
regional,
theoretical,
and
material
boundaries
in
their
chapters,
offering
innovative
methods
and
theoretical
frameworks
for
interpreting
the
cultural
particulars
of
Andean
ontologies
and
notions
of
the
sacred.