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Metaphysical revolutions in the ancient Andes : ritual, persons, and power from 1500 BC until the conquest / Darryl Wilkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkinson, Darryl (Darryl A.), Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Andes Region--Religion--History--To 1500.
- Indians of South America.
- Iconology--Andes Region--History--To 1500.
- Iconology.
- Social structure--Andes Region--History--To 1500.
- Social structure.
- Social change--Andes Region--History--To 1500.
- Social change.
- Metaphysics.
- Other Title:
- Metaphysical Revolutions in the Ancient Andes
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge University Press
- Summary:
- "For millennia, the iconography of the ancient Andes was dominated by warriors, sacrificial rites, apex predators and chimerical beings. Yet by AD 1000, these images had almost all vanished. This book offers the first ever analysis of these drastic transformations. It posits a series of metaphysical revolutions fundamentally altered Andean sociality"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- An archaeology of metaphysics
- The dawn of the chimerical age
- Predatory sovereignties
- The art of predation
- The twilight of the chimeras
- The nonhuman hierarchy
- The other lords of the Andes
- Conclusions.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-65510-8
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