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Empires of the dead : Inca mummies and the Peruvian ancestors of American anthropologyy / Christopher Heaney.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197542583Subject(s): Mummies -- Peru -- History | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Peru -- History | Physical anthropology -- History -- 19th century | Anthropological museums and collections -- History | Ethnoscience -- Peru | Trephining -- Peru -- History | Family and Relationships | Cultural studies: customs & traditionsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197542552DDC classification: 393.0985 LOC classification: GT3239.A2Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: When the Smithsonian's Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world's human population had exploded since the birth of Christ. Through a history of Inca mummies, a pre-Hispanic surgery called trepanation, and Andean crania like these, 'Empires of the Dead' explains how 'ancient Peruvians' became the single largest population in the Smithsonian and many other museums in Peru, the Americas, and beyond.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When the Smithsonian's Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world's human population had exploded since the birth of Christ. Through a history of Inca mummies, a pre-Hispanic surgery called trepanation, and Andean crania like these, 'Empires of the Dead' explains how 'ancient Peruvians' became the single largest population in the Smithsonian and many other museums in Peru, the Americas, and beyond.
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