The archaeology of wak'as : explorations of the sacred in the pre-Columbian Andes /

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Other Authors: Bray, Tamara L. (Editor), Allen, Catherine J. (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Andean wak'as and alternative configurations of persons, power, and things / Tamara L. Bray
  • The whole world is watching : new perspectives on Andean animism / Catherine J. Allen
  • Wak'as : entifications of the Andean sacred / Bruce Mannheim and Guillermo Salas Carreño
  • What is a Wak'a? : When is a Wak'a? / Zachary J. Chase
  • Pachacamac
  • old wak'a or Inka syncretic deity? : imperial transformation of the sacred landscape in the lower Ychsma (Lurin) Valley / Krzysztof Makowski
  • Of blood and soil : tombs, wak'as, and the naturalization of social difference in the Inka heartland / Steve Kosiba
  • Men who would be rocks : the Inka wank'a / Carolyn Dean
  • The importance of being Inka : ushnu platforms and their place in the Andean landscape / Frank M. Meddens
  • Ordering the sacred and recreating Cuzco / Colin McEwan
  • The shape of things to come : the genesis of Wari wak'as / Anita G. Cook
  • Of monoliths and men : human-lithic encounters and the production of an animistic ecology at Khonkho Wankane / John W. Janusek
  • Final reflections : Catequil as one wak'a among many / John R. Topic.