Mummies and mortuary monuments : a postprocessual prehistory of central Andean social organization / William H. Isbell.
| Author/creator | Isbell, William Harris, 1943- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997. |
| Description | xvii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | On knowing the past -- Royal mummies of Inca Cuzco -- Ancestor mummies in Huarochirí -- Competing theories of Ayllu origins -- The open sepulcher -- Distribution of open sepulcher monuments -- The open sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo -- Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean past. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-357) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 96051237 |
| ISBN | 0292738706 (alk. paper) |