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000003225 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.3225
000003225 037__ $$aTHESIS$$bThesis
000003225 041__ $$aeng
000003225 245__ $$aThe Application of Mortuary Studies to Colonial Encounters in Peru
000003225 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago
000003225 269__ $$a2021-08
000003225 336__ $$aThesis
000003225 502__ $$bM.A.
000003225 520__ $$aThis paper examines the archaeology of mortuary contexts in Colonial Peru (16th-17th centuries). In doing so, I demonstrate both the importance of mortuary analysis in studies of colonial contexts in this region as well as to see what can be learned about the active and fluctuating nature of religious and social interactions between early Spanish Catholic colonists and Indigenous Andean communities. My thesis comparatively analyzes three case studies of sites of intense early colonial conversion efforts, giving appropriate historic context to the variability in both Spanish and Indigenous agendas and the social and religious history of each region. I summarize existing, and apply new, mortuary studies to the research of each of these three case studies; the Collagua of the Colca Valley, the Muchik of the Lambayeque Valley, and the resettled groups at Magdalena de Cao in the Chicama Valley. In each of these three case studies, viewing the early interactions between Spanish and Indigenous groups through the lens of changing mortuary traditions and interactions with the dead yielded insights into the active negotiation of hybrid practices in these regions, which I argue is support for the need of further research in this field.
000003225 540__ $$a© 2021 Madison Burhenn
000003225 6531_ $$amortuary studies
000003225 6531_ $$aarchaeology
000003225 6531_ $$acolonialism
000003225 6531_ $$aPeru
000003225 690__ $$aSocial Sciences Division
000003225 691__ $$aMA Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS)
000003225 7001_ $$aBurhenn, Madison$$uUniversity of Chicago
000003225 72012 $$aSarah Newman
000003225 72014 $$aMary Elena Wilhoit
000003225 8564_ $$925144058-1c19-4084-b05c-e0dbf7a6af43$$s8320910$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3225/files/Burhenn%20-%20Final%20Thesis.pdf$$eEmbargo (2022-12-01)
000003225 908__ $$aI agree
000003225 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:3225$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pTheses
000003225 983__ $$aThesis