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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS ix
Acknowledgments xiii
CHAPTER I On Knowing the Past 1
CHAPTER II Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco 38
CHAPTER III Ancestor Mummies in Huarochirí 69
CHAPTER IV Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins 101
CHAPTER V The Open Sepulcher 136
CHAPTER VI Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments 158
CHAPTER VII The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo 214
CHAPTER VIII Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past 284
BIBLIOGRAPHY 317
AUTHOR INDEX 359

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS ix
Acknowledgments xiii
CHAPTER I On Knowing the Past 1
CHAPTER II Royal Mummies of Inca Cuzco 38
CHAPTER III Ancestor Mummies in Huarochirí 69
CHAPTER IV Competing Theories of Ayllu Origins 101
CHAPTER V The Open Sepulcher 136
CHAPTER VI Distribution of Open Sepulcher Monuments 158
CHAPTER VII The Open Sepulchers of Chota-Cutervo 214
CHAPTER VIII Origin of the Ayllu and the Andean Past 284
BIBLIOGRAPHY 317
AUTHOR INDEX 359

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