Amerindian Socio-Cosmologies Between the Andes, Amazonia and Mesoamerica: Toward an Anthropological Understanding of the Isthmo-Colombian Area

by Ernst Halbmayer

Book Overview

This book offers a new anthropological understanding of the socio-cosmological and ontological characteristics of the Isthmo-Colombian Area, beyond established theories for Amazonia, the Andes and Mesoamerica.

It focuses on a core region that has been largely neglected by comparative anthropology in recent decades. Centering on relations between Chibchan groups and their neighbors, the contributions consider prevailing socio-cosmological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032175923
• ISBN13: 9781032175928
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"