{"product_id":"mummies-and-mortuary-monuments-a-postprocessual-prehistory-of-central-andean-social-organization-paperback-softback-9780292717992","title":"Mummies and Mortuary Monuments; A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292717992","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMummies and Mortuary Monuments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam H. Isbell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292717992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e391 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since prehistoric times, Andean societies have been organized around the \u003ci\u003eayllu,\u003c\/i\u003e a grouping of real or ceremonial kinspeople who share labor, resources, and ritual obligations. Many Andean scholars believe that the \u003ci\u003eayllu\u003c\/i\u003e is as ancient as Andean culture itself, possibly dating back as far as 6000 B.C., and that it arose to alleviate the hardships of farming in the mountainous Andean environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In this boldly revisionist book, however, William Isbell persuasively argues that the \u003ci\u003eayllu\u003c\/i\u003e developed during the latter half of the Early Intermediate Period (around A.D. 200) as a means of resistance to the process of state formation. Drawing on archaeological evidence, as well as records of Inca life taken from the chroniclers, Isbell asserts that prehistoric \u003ci\u003eayllus\u003c\/i\u003e were organized around the veneration of deceased ancestors, whose mummified bodies were housed in open sepulchers, or \u003ci\u003echallups\u003c\/i\u003e, where they could be visited by descendants seeking approval and favors. By charting the temporal and spatial distribution of \u003ci\u003echullpa\u003c\/i\u003e ruins, Isbell offers a convincing new explanation of where, when, and why the \u003ci\u003eayllu\u003c\/i\u003e developed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. On Knowing the Past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. Ancestor Mummies in HuarochirÍ\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. Competing Theories of \u003ci\u003eAyllu\u003c\/i\u003e Origins \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The Open Sepulcher \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. Origin of the \u003ci\u003eAyllu\u003c\/i\u003e and the Andean Past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Indexes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530854166808,"sku":"9780292717992","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mummies-and-mortuary-monuments-a-postprocessual-prehistory-of-central-andean-social-organization-paperback-softback-9780292717992","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}