"Lavishly illustrated studies of the art of pre-Columbian
cultures in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru"
In 2005, the Denver Art Museum hosted a symposium in conjunction
with the exhibition Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca. An
international array of scholars of Tiwanaku, Wari, and Inca art and
archaeology presented results of the latest research conducted in
Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. This copiously illustrated volume, edited
by Margaret Young-Sanchez of the Denver Art Museum, presents
revised and amplified papers from the symposium.
Essays by archaeologists Alexei Vranich and Leonardo Benitez
(both University of Pennsylvania) describe what their excavation
and astronomical research have yielded at the site of Tiwanaku, in
Bolivia. Georgia DeHavenon (Brooklyn Museum) surveys historical
research and publications on Tiwanaku and its monuments. Christiane
Clados (Free University of Berlin) and William Conklin (Field
Museum, Textile Museum) each analyze styles and modes of
representation in Tiwanaku art and arrive at provocative
conclusions. R. Tom Zuidema reconsiders Tiwanaku iconography and
sculptural composition, discerning complex calendrical information.
Through a detailed analysis of Tiwanaku iconography, Krysztof
Makowski (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) examines the
nature of Tiwanaku religious thought. Archaeologists and
iconographers William Isbell (State University of New York,
Binghamton) and Patricia Knobloch (Institute of Andean Studies)
thoroughly discuss what they term the Southern Andean Interaction
Sphere, which encompasses Tiwanaku, Wari, Pucara, and Atacama
traditions. P. Ryan Williams (Field Museum) discusses the issue of
identity and its expression at the territorial interface between
the Tiwanaku and Wari states. Wari tunics and their imagery are
examined by Susan Bergh (Cleveland Museum of Art), yielding
evidence of ranking. And John Hoopes (University of Kansas)
discusses both archaeological and ethnohistoric evidence of links
between ancient Tiwanaku and the later Inca.
Bringing together current research on Pucara, Tiwanaku, Wari,
and Inca art and archaeology, this volume will be an important
resource for scholars and enthusiasts of ancient South America.
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