Sacred Matter: Animacy and Authority in the Americas

Contributor(s): Kosiba, Steve (Editor), Janusek, John Wayne (Editor), Cummins, Thomas B F (Editor)

ISBN: 9780884024668

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection

Hardcover

$75.00

Pub Date: May 12, 2020

Dewey: 299.8

LCCN: 2019030734

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.10" H x 11.30" L x 8.90" W ( 3.80 lbs) 474 pages

BISAC Categories:

Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural and Social | Archaeology

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Sacred Matter: Animacy and Authority in the Americas examines animism in Pre-Columbian America, focusing on how objects and places played central social roles in practices that expressed and sanctified political authority in the Andes, Amazon, and Mesoamerica.

Brief description: Steve Kosiba is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.