Rituals of the Past
Author OL8909052A
"Explores various methods archaeologists use to identify ritual in the material record and discusses the influence it had on the formation, reproduction, and transformation of community in past Andean societies. How ritual influenced, permeated, and altered political authority, economic production, shamanic practice, and landscape cognition over 3,000 years"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
ArchaeologyIndians of south america, social life and customsExcavations (archaeology), south americaAndes regionPeru, antiquitiesIndians of South AmericaRites and ceremoniesExcavations (Archaeology)Antiquities