Empire of the Ancestors

Uncovering evidence that ancestor veneration was deeply rooted in Wari society, shaping Wari expansion, rituals, and statecraftThis volume examines the central role of ancestors in Andean society during the Wari Empire of the Middle Horizon period (6001000 CE), centuries before the rise of the Inca. As one of the earliest expansionist states in the Americas, the Wari laid the foundations of statec...