Muisca Feasts and Chiefs in El Infiernito, Colombia: An Analysis of the Relation between Festivals and Political Organization
This paper evaluates the hypothesis that feasting among the Muiscas served for political centralization in a society where chiefly power was based on the control of fertile lands and labor. Based on the archaeological information regarding feastings at the site of El Infiernito, mainly bowls and jar...
Main Author: | Langebaek, Carl |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | Español |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
2012
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Online Access: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/boletindearqueologia/article/view/1715/1654 http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113370 |
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