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Feasting and Ancestor Veneration at Chinchawas, North Highlands of Ancash, Peru
Latin American Antiquity, 2002The 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 ...
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PARTING (WITH) THE DEAD: BODY PARTIBILITY AS EVIDENCE OF COMMONER ANCESTOR VENERATION
Ancient Mesoamerica, 2012AbstractAs 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.
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Ancestor Veneration and Lineage Organization in the Maya Region
2014Ancestors 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.
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Inculturation and ancestor veneration: The case of the Dagaaba Catholics.
2009The tension between indigenous African cultures and religions on the one hand, and Christian Churches on the other, is a well known fact that has been addressed by all concerned but still not resolved. From the point of view of the Africans, the history of the Christian missions is filled with misunderstandings and a lack of sensitivity on the part of ...
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The Persistence of Ancestor Veneration
Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, 2019openaire +1 more source