Peter Eeckhout, professor of pre-Columbian art and archaeology at Université Libre de Bruxelles, is coeditor of Funerary Practices and Models in the Ancient Andes: The Return of the Living Dead.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroductionPart 1. Monumental: Landscapes and Architecture1. The Sunken Court Tradition in the South Central AndesAbigail Levine and Charles Stanish2. Reflective and Communicative Waka: Interaction with the SacredFrank MeddensPart 2. Images and Concepts3. The Life Force Materialized in Andean ReligionChristine A. Hastorf4. Twisting and Spinning From Symbols to Signs: From Chavín to TawantinsuyuGary UrtonPart 3. Objects in Context5. Different Shades of Early Shamanism in the Upper Amazon.Francisco Valdez6. Metal in the Recuay Culture of Ancient Peru: Art, Imagery and Social ContextGeorge Lau7. The Meaning within Moche MasksEdward Swenson Part 4. Rituals and Ontology 8. Ephemeral Memories: The Creation and Ritual Destruction of Architectonic Models in San José de MoroLuis Jaime Castillo Butters9. Farewell to the Gods: Interpreting the Use and Voluntary Abandonment of a Ritual Building at Pachacamac, PeruPeter EeckhoutIndex

Peter Eeckhout, professor of pre-Columbian art and archaeology at Université Libre de Bruxelles, is coeditor of Funerary Practices and Models in the Ancient Andes: The Return of the Living Dead.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroductionPart 1. Monumental: Landscapes and Architecture1. The Sunken Court Tradition in the South Central AndesAbigail Levine and Charles Stanish2. Reflective and Communicative Waka: Interaction with the SacredFrank MeddensPart 2. Images and Concepts3. The Life Force Materialized in Andean ReligionChristine A. Hastorf4. Twisting and Spinning From Symbols to Signs: From Chavín to TawantinsuyuGary UrtonPart 3. Objects in Context5. Different Shades of Early Shamanism in the Upper Amazon.Francisco Valdez6. Metal in the Recuay Culture of Ancient Peru: Art, Imagery and Social ContextGeorge Lau7. The Meaning within Moche MasksEdward Swenson Part 4. Rituals and Ontology 8. Ephemeral Memories: The Creation and Ritual Destruction of Architectonic Models in San José de MoroLuis Jaime Castillo Butters9. Farewell to the Gods: Interpreting the Use and Voluntary Abandonment of a Ritual Building at Pachacamac, PeruPeter EeckhoutIndex

Peter Eeckhout, professor of pre-Columbian art and archaeology at Université Libre de Bruxelles, is coeditor of Funerary Practices and Models in the Ancient Andes: The Return of the Living Dead.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroductionPart 1. Monumental: Landscapes and Architecture1. The Sunken Court Tradition in the South Central AndesAbigail Levine and Charles Stanish2. Reflective and Communicative Waka: Interaction with the SacredFrank MeddensPart 2. Images and Concepts3. The Life Force Materialized in Andean ReligionChristine A. Hastorf4. Twisting and Spinning From Symbols to Signs: From Chavín to TawantinsuyuGary UrtonPart 3. Objects in Context5. Different Shades of Early Shamanism in the Upper Amazon.Francisco Valdez6. Metal in the Recuay Culture of Ancient Peru: Art, Imagery and Social ContextGeorge Lau7. The Meaning within Moche MasksEdward Swenson Part 4. Rituals and Ontology 8. Ephemeral Memories: The Creation and Ritual Destruction of Architectonic Models in San José de MoroLuis Jaime Castillo Butters9. Farewell to the Gods: Interpreting the Use and Voluntary Abandonment of a Ritual Building at Pachacamac, PeruPeter EeckhoutIndex