Christopher Heaney
Historian and author of Empires of the Dead: Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of American Anthropology, specializing in the history of science, museums, and Andean cultural history.
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Oct 29, 2023 • 44min
Empires of the Dead: Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of American Anthropology
Christopher Heaney, historian and author focused on museums and Andean history, explores how Peruvian and Andean ancestors became coveted mummies, skulls, and museum specimens. He contrasts Andean mummies with Egyptian ones. He traces Inca political uses of ancestors, Spanish encounters and export of remains, and how collections shaped the rise of Americanist anthropology.
