Empires of the Dead. Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of American Anthropology, Hardback/***

This book explains why Inca mummies and "ancient Peruvian" skulls filled museums around the world, from 1532 to the present, and why they tell us more about the colonial violence of science than their more famous Egyptian cousins. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): Christopher (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University) Heaney Illustration(s): 50 black and white halftones and 15 color illustrations Number of pages: 380 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 242 x 166 x 28 Cover type: Hardback