Monuments, Empires, and Resistance : The Araucanian Polity and Ritual Narratives
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Archaeology
ISBN-10
0521872626
ISBN-13
9780521872621
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 30th, 2007
Print length
506 Pages
Weight
1,032 grams
Dimensions
25.40 x 17.80 x 2.90 cms
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Archaeology by period / regionArchaeology by period / region
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Drawing on anthropological research conducted over three decades, this book examines the resistance strategies of the Araucanians to unite against the Spanish. Both theoretically and empirically informed, this fascinating account will be welcomed by students and scholars interested in the colonial history and ethnography of South America and colonial archaeology.
From AD 1550 to 1850, the Araucanian polity in southern Chile was a center of political resistance to the intruding Spanish empire. In this book, Tom D. Dillehay examines the resistance strategies of the Araucanians and how they used mound building and other sacred monuments to reorganize their political and culture life in order to unite against the Spanish. Drawing on anthropological research conducted over three decades, Dillehay focuses on the development of leadership, shamanism, ritual, and power relations. His study combines developments in social theory with the archaeological, ethnographic, and historical records. Both theoretically and empirically informed, this book is a fascinating account of the only indigenous ethnic group to successfully resist outsiders for more than three centuries and to flourish under these conditions.
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