Empire of the Ancestors

List of Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction
Anita G. Cook and Mary Glowacki

Chapter 2. The Wari Ancestral Deities: Reevaluating Ceremonial Architecture in the Imperial Capital
José Ochatoma, Martha Cabrera, and J. Antonio Ochatoma Cabrera

Appendix 2.1. Ancestor-Related Religious and Mortuary Architecture

Chapter 3. Death, Reciprocity, and Identity
John R. Topic

Chapter 4. Huacas and Ritual Activities: A Case Study of Middle Horizon Cajamarca, Northern Highlands of Peru
Shinya Watanabe

Chapter 5. Imperial Projects and Local Ancestors in the Northern Highlands: Wari and Cajamarca Entanglements During the Middle Horizon
Patricia Chirinos Ogata

Chapter 6. Corporal Ancestors, Gender, and Power in the Wari Outpost of Castillo de Huarmey
Miłosz Giersz

Chapter 7. A Regional Sanctuary and Local Cemetery: Pachacamac and Huaca Malena
Rommel Angeles Falcón and Denise Pozzi-Escot

Chapter 8. Local Histories and the Bodies of Ancestors
Francesca Fernandini Parodi

Chapter 9. Wari’s Foothold in the Southern Highlands: Defining Ancestral Veneration in Imperial Expansion
Mary Glowacki and Gordon McEwan

Chapter 10. Wari Ancestors: Personhood and Figuration
Anita G. Cook and Susana Arce

Chapter 11. The Role of Wari Ancestors and Religion in the Provinces: A View from Nasca
Christina A. Conlee

Chapter 12. Visualizing the Ancestors: The Wari Occupation in the Palpa-Lucanas Area
Johny Isla, Markus Reindel, Mike Lyons, and Christian Mader

Chapter 13. Emptying the Cists: Ancestors at the Wari Outpost of Quilcapampa
Justin Jennings, Stefanie L. Bautista, Patricia Quiñonez Cuzcano, and Willy Yépez Álvarez

Chapter 14. Sky, Earth, or Underworld: Where Were Wari Ancestors?
Donna J. Nash

Chapter 15. Ancestral Regimes: Perspectives on Wari Ritual and Politics During the Middle Horizon
George F. Lau

Appendix 15.1. Summary of Middle Horizon D-Shaped Structures

Chapter 16. Ancestor Worship in Middle Horizon Wari: An Evaluation
William H. Isbell

List of Contributors

Index