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Feasting and Ancestor Veneration at Chinchawas, North Highlands of Ancash, Peru

Latin American Antiquity, 2002
The present article considers evidence for ancestor veneration and feasting in the North Highlands (Department of Ancash), Peru between A. D. 500-900. The study draws upon ethnohistorical, iconographic, and archaeological comparisons to better understand different lines of data from the ancient Recuay community of Chinchawas (3,850 masl), including ...
George F. Lau
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Ancestor Veneration

, 2005
Molefi Kete Asante
exaly   +3 more sources

Cosmology, Ecology, and Spirituality: Reappraising Stone Culture, Genna Tradition, and Ancestor Veneration among the Naga Tribes

The Oriental Anthropologist A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man
In this article, the author intends to reappraise the Naga perceptions of cosmology and spirituality which are rooted in the spheres of ecology, folklore, stone culture, “gennas” (rituals and taboos), and ancestor veneration. Included within the realm of
Nava Kishor Das
exaly   +2 more sources

Ancestor Veneration

, 2013
Henry Rosemont
exaly   +3 more sources

PARTING (WITH) THE DEAD: BODY PARTIBILITY AS EVIDENCE OF COMMONER ANCESTOR VENERATION

Ancient Mesoamerica, 2012
AbstractAs a complement to life histories authored by many researchers of Maya bones, this study narrates death histories. The latter entails detection of perimortem and postmortem changes to decedents' bodies, followed by translation of these changes' encoded meanings.
Pamela L. Geller
openaire   +2 more sources

2. Returning Home: Ancestor Veneration and the Nationalism of Đổi Mới Vietnam

2007
K. Jellema
exaly   +3 more sources

Ancestor Veneration and Lineage Organization in the Maya Region

2014
Ancestors and lineage are ubiquitous themes that pervade the ethnographic and ethnohistoric literature of Yucatan. The extent to which rhesc themes exerted a powerful influence on everything from dynastic succession to the placement of fields and orchards will be demonstrated in this chapter and those to follow.
P. McAnany
openaire   +2 more sources

Far from Being Idolatrous: Ancestor Veneration

Exchange, 2011
K. Steenbrink
openaire   +2 more sources

Royal Ancestor Construction and Veneration in the House of Habsburg

2016
Estella Weiss-Krejci
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Ancestor Veneration (Africa)

1993
exaly   +2 more sources