Images in Action by William H Isbell

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Presents interpretations of a large corpus of art and iconography from the Southern and South-Central Andes, bringing together the most esteemed scholars in the field. Uses artifacts, artworks, textiles, archaeology, and architecture to develop new insights on the cultural interactions between people in prehistoric western South America. 700 illus.

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Images in Action by William H Isbell

Images in Action presents interpretations of a large corpus of art and iconography from the Southern and South-Central Andes, bringing together some of the most esteemed scholars in the field. More than thirty authors, all with extensive experience in the Southern Andes, examine artifacts, artworks, textiles, archaeology, and architecture to develop creative new insights on the cultural interactions between people in prehistoric western South America. The volume's nearly seven hundred images are fully referenced in the text and are archived in a comprehensive, searchable online database.

William H. Isbell is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, USA, where he has taught since 1971.
Mauricio I. Uribe is an associate professor at the Universidad de Chile, where he has worked since 1998.
Anne Tiballi is the Director of Academic Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, USA.
Edward P. Zegarra received his PhD in Anthropology from Binghamton University, USA, in 2018.

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ISBN 13 9781938770142
ISBN 10 1938770145
Title Images in Action
Author William H Isbell
Series Cotsen Advanced Seminars
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Year published 2018-11-01
Number of pages 822
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.