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Arriaza: Beyond Death. The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile. Cloth

Beyond Death. The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile. Cloth
by Bernardo T. Arriaza
176 pages, with 54 text figures, 21 colour plates, 6 tables. 1995
Comprehensive study of 282 examples permits classification, description, and interpretation of mummification techniques and of details of health, diet, technology, settlement, and society between 5000 and 1700 BC. Argues that mummification was invented in Arica-Camerones region to insure continuity of life in the context of environmental uncertainty

9781560985129

Bastien: Mountain of the Condor. Metaphor and Ritual in an Andean Ayllu. Paperback

Mountain of the Condor. Metaphor and Ritual in an Andean Ayllu. Paperback
Joseph W. Bastien
227 pages, illustrated. 1978
In midwestern Bolivia stands Kaata, a sacred mountain. In a thousandyear tradition, a small community of men and women diviners has lived on its slopes. The symbolism of Mt. Kaata and its rituals provide deep insight into Andean society. With a wonderful blend of personal narrative, rich description, and theoretical presentation, the author sheds new light on the previously misinterpreted Bolivian Indians and their ancient Andean religion, rich in symbolism and ritual

978088133143118

Borman: The Cofan Art of Hammock Weaving (Colombia)

Cofan Art of Hammock Weaving (Colombia)
M.B. Borman
28 pages, with many line illustrations, text in both Spanish and English language

9780883121856

Culture Shock! Bolivia. A Guide to Customs and Etiquette. Paperback

1558682988

BAR Report 442 Dillehay: La Frontera del Estado Inca. Proceedings of the 45th International Congress of Americanists, Bogota, Colombia 1985. A4

Frontera del Estado Inca. Proceedings of 45th International Congress of Americanists, Bogota, Colombia 1985. A4
edited by Tom D. Dillehay and Patricia Netherly
274 pages, numerous illustrations. 1988. BAR Report 442

978086054569920

Goldstein: Spectacular City: Violence and Performance in Urban Bolivia. Paperback. In voorraad

9780822333708 0822333708

Hosler, Lechtman, Holm: Axe-monies and their Relatives. (Ecuador, Andes)

978088402185828

Merrifield: South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia. Paperback

South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia. Paperback
edited William Merrifield
v, 122 pages. 1985

978088312173312

Paris: Long Shadows - Truth, Lies and History. Hardback

Long Shadows - Truth, Lies and History. Hardback
Erna Paris
495 pages. 2001. Building on conversations with people who have lived that history or who are living with its consequences, this book analyzes examples, from the legacy of American slavery to the "disappeared" in Argentina and Chile, to investigate the myths nations invent to get past the bad times in history.

0747553998

Quechua: Nuckolls: Sounds Like Life. Sound-symbolic Grammar, Performance, and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua. Cloth

Quechua: Sounds Like Life. Sound-symbolic Grammar, Performance, and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua. Cloth
by Janis B. Nuckolls
312 pages, 40 linecuts, 1 halftone, 1 map. 1996. A study of the occurrence of sound-symbolic words - words that bear resemblance to phenomena they attempt to describe - in an Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua, a major South American language. The author explores how native speakers describe everyday experiences

9780195089851

Rausch: The Llanos Frontier in Colombian History, 1830-1930. Hardcover

Llanos Frontier in Colombian History, 1830-1930. Hardcover
Jane M. Rausch
xii, 401 pages, with 8 maps, 11 tables, glossary, bibliography, index. 1993

978082631396627a

Weismantel: Food, Gender, and Poverty in the Ecuadorian Andes

Food, Gender, and Poverty in the Ecuadorian Andes
Mary J. Weismantel
233 pages, illustrated, map
We are what we eat: our food defines us as individual women and men, as families and communities, and as members of our race, our class, and our nation.

978157766029318