| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Rethinking temporality and historicity from the perspective of Andean archaeology / Edward Swenson and Andrew Roddick -- The historicity of the early horizon / Matthew Sayre -- Disordering the chronotope and visualizing inhabitation in the Lake Titicaca Basin / Andrew P. Roddick -- The past as kin : materiality and time in Inka landscapes / Darryl Wilkinson and Terence D'Altroy -- Past-forward : late prehispanic and early colonial Andean historicities / Zach Chase -- Topologies of time and history in Jequetepeque, Peru / Edward Swenson -- Scaling the Huaca : synecdochal temporalities and the mimetic materialization of late Moche timescapes / Giles Spence-Morrow -- Hitching the present to the stars : the architecture of time and space in the ancient Andes / Francisco Seoane and Maria Jose Culquichicón Venegas -- Archaeology, temporal complexity, and the politics of time / Tamara Bray |
| Summary |
"Explores archaeological approaches to temporalities, social memory, and constructions of history in the pre-Columbian Andes. Examining a range of Indigenous temporal experiences and ideologies, including astronomical, cyclical, generational, eschatological, and mythical time to challenge outmoded theories while building on an emic perspective to gain greater understanding"--Provided by publisher |
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Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes explores archaeological approaches to temporalities, social memory, and constructions of history in the pre-Columbian Andes. The authors examine a range of Indigenous temporal experiences and ideologies, including astronomical, cyclical, generational, eschatological, and mythical time. This nuanced, interdisciplinary volume challenges outmoded anthropological theories while building on an emic perspective to gain greater understanding of pre-Columbian Andean cultures. Contributors to the volume rethink the dichotomy of past and present by understanding history as indigenous Andeans perceived it--recognizing the past as a palpable and living presence. We live in history, not apart from it. Within this framework time can be understood as a current rather than as distinct points, moments, periods, or horizons. The Andes offer a rich context by which to evaluate recent philosophical explorations of space and time. Using the varied materializations and ritual emplacements of time in a diverse sampling of landscapes, Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes serves as a critique of archaeology's continued and exclusive dependence on linear chronologies that obscure historically specific temporal practices and beliefs. Contributors: Tamara L. Bray, Zachary J. Chase, María José Culquichicón-Venegas, Terence D'Altroy, Giles Spence Morrow, Matthew Sayre, Francisco Seoane, Darryl Wilkinson |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities
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Time -- Social aspects -- Andes Region -- History
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Memory -- Social aspects -- Andes Region -- History
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Archaeology and history -- Andes Region
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Archaeology and history
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Indians of South America -- Antiquities
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Memory -- Social aspects
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Time -- Social aspects
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Andes Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Swenson, Edward, editor.
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Roddick, Andrew P., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781607326427 |
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1607326426 |
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