Tombs for the Living - Andean Mortuary Practices

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-88402-374-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 738 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia

In the Andes, a long history of research on burial records and burial contexts exists for the purpose of reconstructing cultural affiliation, chronology, socioeconomic status, grave content, and human body treatment. Less attention is paid to the larger question of how mortuary practices functioned in different cultures. Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices (originally released in 1995) examines this broader issue by looking at the mortuary practices that created a connection between the living and the dead; the role of wealth and ancestors in cosmological schemes; the location, construction, and sociopolitical implications of tombs and cemeteries; and the art and iconography of death. By examining rich sets of archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric data, the thirteen essays continue to enrich our understanding of the context and meaning of the mortuary traditions in the Andes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dillehay, Tom D.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bastien, Joseph W.

Brown, James A.

Buikstra, Jane E.

Carmichael, Patrick H.

Donnan, Christopher B.

Lyon, Patricia J.

Rivera, Mario A.

Rowe, John Howland

Salomon, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Thanatologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Dillehay, Tom D.
Tom D. Dillehay is Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

Rowe, John Howland
d. 2004

Salomon, Frank
Frank Salomon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.