Death and the Afterlife in Pre-Columbian America

Death and the Afterlife in Pre-Columbian America presents eight essays from a conference at Dumbarton Oaks in 1973. The authors adopt iconographic, socioeconomic, historical, and ethnographic approaches to examine death and the afterlife across a wide span of space and time in diverse Pre-Columbian cultures.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Elizabeth P. Benson (1924-2018) was Andrew S. Keck Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art History at the American University in Washington, D.C., and the inaugural Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Elizabeth P Benson
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.05.2025
• EAN: 9780884024569
• ISBN: 978-0-88402-456-9
• Seiten: 208
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte