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Relics of the past, the collecting and study of pre-Columbian antiquities in Peru and Chile, 1837-1911, Stefanie Gänger

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Relics of the past

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Stefanie Gänger

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the collecting and study of pre-Columbian antiquities in Peru and Chile, 1837-1911

Introduction: Antiquities in Peru and Chile. Collecting and studying antiquities. The spaces of collecting -- Writing histories of archaeology -- Through the lives of objects -- The mascapayacha : collections of Incan antiquities in Cuzco. Incan material culture under Spanish rule -- Collections, salons, and learned societies -- Commodities on sale -- The khipu : antiquarianism and archaeology in Lima. Khipus and communication in the Andes -- Antiquarianism, antiquities collecting, and archaeology -- A khipu on the market -- Pascual Coña : collecting and colonization in Araucanía. The free territories of Araucanía -- Collecting Araucanian antiquities -- The last of their kind -- The Valdivia jug : archaeology over the War of the Pacific. An Incan civilization for South Americans -- Antiquities collecting, archaeology, and national ancestry -- Conclusion : Relics of the past