Title Relics of the past : the collecting and study of pre-Columbian antiquities in Peru and Chile, 1837-1911 / Stefanie Gänger

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Oxford studies in the history of archaeology Oxford studies in the history of archaeology. Contents Introduction: Antiquities in Peru and Chile. Collecting and studying antiquities. The spaces of collecting -- Writing histories of archaeology -- Through the lives of objects -- The mascapayacha : collections of Incan antiquities in Cuzco. Incan material culture under Spanish rule -- Collections, salons, and learned societies -- Commodities on sale -- The khipu : antiquarianism and archaeology in Lima. Khipus and communication in the Andes -- Antiquarianism, antiquities collecting, and archaeology -- A khipu on the market -- Pascual Coña : collecting and colonization in Araucanía. The free territories of Araucanía -- Collecting Araucanian antiquities -- The last of their kind -- The Valdivia jug : archaeology over the War of the Pacific. An Incan civilization for South Americans -- Antiquities collecting, archaeology, and national ancestry -- Conclusion : Relics of the past Summary Relics of the Past tells the story of antiquities collecting, antiquarianism, and archaeology in Peru and Chile in the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century. While the role of foreign travellers and scholars dedicated to the study of South America's pre-Columbian past is well documented, historians have largely overlooked the knowledge gathered and the collections formed among collectors of antiquities, antiquaries, and archaeologists born or livingin South America during this period. The landed gentry, the clergy, and an urban bourgeoisie of doctors, engineers, and .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities Archaeology -- Chile -- History Archaeology -- Peru -- History Indians of South America -- Chile -- Antiquities Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities. Collectors and collecting -- Chile -- History Collectors and collecting -- Peru -- History Antiquarians -- Chile -- History Antiquarians -- Peru -- History Antiquities -- History HISTORY -- Latin America -- General. HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Antiquarians Antiquities Archaeology Collectors and collecting Indians of South America -- Antiquities SUBJECT Peru -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100187 Chile -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023868 Subject Andes Region Chile Peru Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191511486 019151148X 9780191804830 0191804835

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