Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes

Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes
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Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9780826359957
ISBN-13 : 0826359957
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Book Synopsis Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes by : Justin Jennings

Download or read book Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes written by Justin Jennings and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andean peoples recognize places as neither sacred nor profane, but rather in terms of the power they emanate and the identities they materialize and reproduce. This book argues that a careful consideration of Andean conceptions of powerful places is critical not only to understanding Andean political and religious history but to rethinking sociological theories on landscapes more generally. The contributors evaluate ethnographic and ethnohistoric analogies against the material record to illuminate the ways landscapes were experienced and politicized over the last three thousand years.


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