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Tombs for the living : Andean mortuary practices : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks 12th and 13th October 1991 / Tom D. Dillehay, editor.

Title
Tombs for the living : Andean mortuary practices : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks 12th and 13th October 1991 / Tom D. Dillehay, editor.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Dillehay, Tom D.
  • Dumbarton Oaks
Description
viii, 425 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Ancient Peruvian practices are summarized by J.H. Rowe; Chinchorro mummies by M.S. Rivera; San Agustín, Colombia, by R.D. Drennan; Moche by C.B. Donnan; Nasca by P.H. Carmichael; south coastal Peru by J.E. Buikstra; human sacrifice and trophy heads by J.W. Verano. Observations on rituals among contemporary Bolivians (J.W. Bastien) and Araucanians (T.D. Dillehay), and in colonial documents (F. Solomon), provide comparative data"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Subject
  • Baur, Manfred 1959-
  • Indians of South America > Funeral customs and rites > Andes Region > Congresses
  • Indians of South America > Andes Region > Antiquities > Congresses
  • Burial > Andes Region > Congresses
  • Indians, South American
  • Mortuary Practice
  • Funeral Rites
  • Burial
  • Andes Region > Antiquities > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Behavior and belief in ancient Peruvian mortuary practice / John Howland Rowe -- The preceramic Chinchorro mummy complex of northern Chile / Mario A. Rivera -- Mortuary practices in the Alto Magdalena / Robert D. Drennan -- Moche funerary practice / Christopher B. Donnan -- Nasca burial patterns / Patrick H. Carmichael -- Where do they rest? / John W. Verano -- Tombs for the living ... or ... for the dead / Jane E. Buikstra -- Mounds of social death / Tom D. Dillehay -- "The beautiful grandparents" / Frank Salomon -- The mountain-body metaphor expressed in a Kaatan funeral / Josephy W. Bastien -- Death in the Andes / Patricia J. Lyon -- Andean mortuary practices in perspective / James A. Brown.
ISBN
  • 088402220X
  • 9780884022206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780884023746 (paperback : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^93029342^
OCLC
  • 28926150
  • SCSB-10408242
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library