Mesas & cosmologies in the central Andes
By: edited by Douglas Sharon.
Contributors: Sharon, Douglas.
Series: San Diego Museum papers -- 44
Publisher: San Diego Museum of Man]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780937808825
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Andes region -- Rites and ceremonies -- Congresses.; Indians of South America -- Peru -- Rites and ceremonies -- Congresses.; Shamanism -- Andes region -- Congresses.; Shamanism -- Peru -- Congresses.; Cosmology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Mesas and cosmologies in the central Andes
Description: Mesas & cosmologies in the central Andes offers a focused overview of the subject matter, dealing with both archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence for pre-Hispanic shamanism in the Andes. It provides insight into cosmological concepts underlying the rites and power objects of contemporary shamans, including ethnological interpretation of the ritual paraphernalia and practices of contemporary shamans inhabiting parts of the Andes where pre-Columbian cultural legacies are still alive. In these regions, shamanism enjoys a widespread popular appeal because it is effective in meeting a basic human need to attribute meaning to existence
Notes: " ... papers presented at the 12th Latin American Symposium, San Diego Museum of Man, March 6, 2004"--P. vi.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Douglas Sharon; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena -- Donald Skillman; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena -- Donald Skillman -- Donald Joralemon; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena -- Donald Skillman -- Donald Joralemon -- Bonnie Glass-Coffin; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena -- Donald Skillman -- Donald Joralemon -- Bonnie Glass-Coffin -- John W. Rick; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena -- Donald Skillman -- Donald Joralemon -- Bonnie Glass-Coffin -- John W. Rick -- Inge Bolin; value: Douglas Sharon -- Douglas Sharon -- Mariuo Polia -- Luis Millones -- and -- Laura León-Llerena -- Donald Skillman -- Donald Joralemon -- Bonnie Glass-Coffin -- John W. Rick -- Inge Bolin -- Joseph W. Bastien; value: Douglas Sharon-- Douglas Sharon-- Mariuo Polia-- Luis Millones-- and-- Laura León-Llerena-- Donald Skillman-- Donald Joralemon-- Bonnie Glass-Coffin-- John W. Rick-- Inge Bolin-- Joseph W. Bastien-- Henry Migala.