William H. Isbell is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Binghamton.

"This book provides an excellent review of the concept of the ayllu and its relationship to ancestor worship, architectural features, farming and landholding, political organization, and resistance to the state... It will be a hotly discussed and possibly controversial book." --Clark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

• Acknowledgments I. On Knowing the Past II. Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco III. Ancestor Mummies in HuarochirÍ IV. Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins V. The Open Sepulcher VI. Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments VII. The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo VIII. Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past Bibliography Indexes

William H. Isbell is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Binghamton.

"This book provides an excellent review of the concept of the ayllu and its relationship to ancestor worship, architectural features, farming and landholding, political organization, and resistance to the state... It will be a hotly discussed and possibly controversial book." --Clark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

• Acknowledgments I. On Knowing the Past II. Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco III. Ancestor Mummies in HuarochirÍ IV. Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins V. The Open Sepulcher VI. Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments VII. The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo VIII. Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past Bibliography Indexes

William H. Isbell is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Binghamton.

"This book provides an excellent review of the concept of the ayllu and its relationship to ancestor worship, architectural features, farming and landholding, political organization, and resistance to the state... It will be a hotly discussed and possibly controversial book." --Clark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

• Acknowledgments I. On Knowing the Past II. Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco III. Ancestor Mummies in HuarochirÍ IV. Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins V. The Open Sepulcher VI. Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments VII. The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo VIII. Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past Bibliography Indexes