Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index.
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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Addresses the importance of the human head in political, ritual and symbolic contexts in the ancient and modern Andes.
Heads of state.
Head-- Political aspects-- Andes Region.
Head-- Religious aspects.
Indians of South America-- Andes Region-- Antiquities.
Indians of South America-- Andes Region-- Kings and rulers.
Indians of South America-- Andes Region-- Politics and government.
Antiquities.
Head-- Religious aspects.
Indians of South America-- Antiquities.
Indians of South America-- Kings and rulers.
Indians of South America-- Politics and government.
Kings and rulers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.