Huérfanos de sangre

Los alfareros golondrinos salen regularmente de sus pueblos base para producir vasijas de cerámica en sus pueblos destino. Estos artesanos itinerantes han sido etnográficamente registrados en territorio peruano desde fines del siglo XIX. Sin embargo, los arqueólogos e historiadores del arte suelen ignorarlos en sus explicaciones sobre la cultura material andina, insistiendo en una imagen estática del pasado remoto. Las grandes líneas interpretativas del mundo precolonial andino se sustentan en la cerámica decorada y en un modelo ‘tradicional’ de alfarero: aquel que solo trabaja en...

Results of a regional settlement study which argue that the emergence of highly nucleated early Wankarani villages can be attributed to concentration of highly productive land for a mixed farming-herding economy, defense, and labor pooling. There is little evidence of exotic imported goods, but some indication of small-scale village specialization and economic interdependence. The full regional settlement dataset is available online to complement the volume. Complete text in English and Spanish.

In Vulva, the author visits Japanese brothels, Irish churches and stripper bars in search of reconstructing the cultural significance of the silenced genital. This book compares the border that envelops the Virgin in medieval art with the lips of a vulva, and discusses its representation in contemporary art.