Situated in the heart of the cordillera of Vilcabamba in Peru, some 160 km northwest of
Cusco, the site of Choquequirao, or Choqek'iraw ('the golden cradle'in Quechua) is one of …

I reflect on how the series of essays in this themed issue map out an emerging orientation in
Andeanist archaeology, the transconquest perspective. Growing out of scholars' …

The materiality or intrinsic qualia of stone can account for the religious worship of
extraordinary rock outcrops throughout the world. However, the differing agency of stony …

The inherent qualities of stone (hardness, durability, etc.) can explain why it serves as a
prime medium of the sacred in different cultures, and stones commonly fix boundaries and …

1. The bottom portion of the large-scale oil-on-canvas painting from Lima is inscribed
thus:“Ex Sr Bailiofrey Dr Francisco Gil, Lemos, Taboada y Villamarin Cavo frofeso del orden …

This book explores the central role of religion in place-making and infrastructural projects in
ancient polities. It presents a trilectic approach to archaeological study of religious …

It is the fluvial port of Seville, in the sixteenth century. Since 1493, at least once a year, a
multitude of people witness the unloading of the fleets arriving from across the Atlantic, after …

All essential modes of being converge on the center, where communication, and even
passage, between them is possible […]. At the center one obtains the most direct contact …

The inherent physical effects of violence to inhibit, harm, deny, and destroy can account for
architecture's central role in political domination (Foucault 1995; Pauketat 2009). Theorists …

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Indigenous Andeans meticulously
decorated wooden objects using a unique plant resin known as barniz de Pasto or mopa …