Heads of state: icons, power, and politics in the ancient and modern Andes

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Latin American history and culture Indigenous Studies in Latin America Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

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AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART 1: The ethnography of head-taking ad power1. Heads in pre-state economies2. The captured fetish, the mountain chest, offerings and sacrifice3. Drinking the power of the dead 4. The nested power of modern Andean hierarchiesPart 2: The archaeology of the head-taking and power5. Heads and the consolidation of Andean political power6. Heads and historical Andean political changeConclusions

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