Relics of the Past: The Collecting and Studying of Pre-Columbian Antiquities in Peru and Chile, 1837-1911

by Stefanie Ganger and Stefanie Gänger

Relics of the Past tells the story of antiquities collecting, antiquarianism, and archaeology in Cuzco and Lima over the Araucanian territories and the War of the Pacific in the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century. While the role of foreign travellers and scholars dedicated to the study of South America's pre-Columbian past is well documented, historians have largely overlooked the knowledge gathered and the collections formed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199687692
• ISBN13: 9780199687695
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.7"