Understanding Andean concepts of death and renewal
May 15, 2018, De Gruyter
Research in the Andes has yielded evidence for a complex association between settlement sites and mortuary monuments, tied to concepts of death, ancestor veneration and water.
In the case-study Carved Rocks and Subterranean Burials at Kipia, Ancash, AD 1000—1532 published in De Gruyter's journal Open Archaeology, authors Kevin Lane, Emma Pomeroy and Milton Reynaldo Lújan Davila analyse the Prehispanic-Spanish Colonial multi-faceted site of Kipia, in the Ancash highlands in Peru.
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https://phys.org/news/2018-05-andean-concepts-death-renewal.html#jCp
