Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826359949
• ISBN13: 9780826359940
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"