Las Varas Ritual and Ethnicity in the Ancient Andes【電子書籍】[ Howard Tsai ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Archaeological data from Las Varas, Peru, that establish the importance of ritual in constructing ethnic boundaries＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Recent popular discourse on nationalism and ethnicity assumes that humans by nature prefer “tribalism,” as if people cannot help but divide themselves along lines of social and ethnic difference. Research from anthropology, history, and archaeology, however, shows that individuals actively construct cultural and social ideologies to fabricate the stereotypes, myths, and beliefs that separate “us” from “them.” Archaeologist Howard Tsai and his team uncovered a thousand-year-old village in northern Peru where rituals were performed to recognize and reinforce ethnic identities.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This siteーLas Varasーis located near the coast of Peru in a valley leading into the Andes. Excavations revealed a western entrance to Las Varas for those arriving from the coast and an eastern entryway for those coming from the highlands. Rituals were performe．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る