Living with the Dead in the Andes

Living with the Dead in the Andes provides new data and insights informed by general anthropological theory; the extensive bibliography alone is an important contribution. Scholars working with Andean mortuary practices (and prehistory generally) will be citing these chapters for years.

About the author

Izumi Shimada is a professor of anthropology and distinguished scholar at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He founded the National Sicán Museum in Ferreñafe, Peru. He is the editor of a dozen books, including Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach.

James L. Fitzsimmons is an associate professor of anthropology at Middlebury College in Vermont. He is an anthropological archaeologist whose research interests include the anthropology of death, Maya epigraphy, and archaeological method and theory.

Product details

• Assisted by: James L Fitzsimmons (Editor), Izumi Shimada (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9780816555444
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-5544-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 454 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history