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BL
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954901
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b709271
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| Main Entry
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Arnold, Denise Y.
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| Title & Author
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Heads of state : : icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes /\ Denise Y. Arnold, Christine A. Hastorf.
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| Publication Statement
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Walnut Creek, CA :: Left Coast Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (293 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1598741705
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: 1598741713
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: 1598748009
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: 9781598741704
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: 9781598741711
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: 9781598748000
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9781598741704
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9781598741711
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Headhunting in the Andes; Methods and the Organization of the Book; Part I -- The Ethnography of Andean Head Taking and Power; 1. Heads in Small-scale Polities; 2. The Captured Fetish, the Mountain Chest, and Sacrifice; 3. Drinking the Power of the Dead; 4. The Nested Power of Modern Andean Hierarchies; Part II -- The Archaeology of Andean Head Taking and Power; 5. Heads and the Consolidation of Andean Political Power; 6. Heads and Andean Political Change from an Archaeological Perspective; 7. Central Andean Political Developments.
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| Abstract
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Addresses the importance of the human head in political, ritual and symbolic contexts in the ancient and modern Andes.
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Head-- Political aspects-- Andes Region.
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Head-- Religious aspects.
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Indians of South America-- Andes Region-- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America-- Andes Region-- Kings and rulers.
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Indians of South America-- Andes Region-- Politics and government.
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Antiquities.
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Head-- Religious aspects.
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Indians of South America-- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America-- Kings and rulers.
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Indians of South America-- Politics and government.
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Kings and rulers.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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Politics and government.
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Andes Region, Antiquities.
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Andes Region, Kings and rulers.
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Andes Region, Politics and government.
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Andes Region.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.1198
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| LC Classification
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F2230.1.P65A76 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Hastorf, Christine Ann,1950-
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