Mummies and mortuary monuments : a postprocessual prehistory of central Andean social organization / William H. Isbell.

Author/creator Isbell, William Harris, 1943-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 1997.
Descriptionxvii, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-357) and indexes.
LCCN 96051237
ISBN0292738706 (alk. paper)