Living with the Dead in the Andes

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Living with the Dead in the Andes

Author	: Izumi Shimada
File Size	: 52,8 Mb
Publisher	: University of Arizona Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 14 May 2015
ISBN	: 9780816529773
Pages	: 369 pages

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Living with the Dead in the Andes by Izumi Shimada Book PDF Summary

Living with the Dead in the Andes provides new data and insights informed by general anthropological theory; the extensive bibliography alone is an important contribution. Scholars working with Andean mortuary practices (and prehistory generally) will be citing these chapters for years.

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