An Archaeological Perspective on the Andean Concept of <i>Camaquen</i> : Thinking Through Late Pre-Columbian <i>Ofrendas</i> and <i>Huacas</i>

{'id': 'bray2009', 'abstract': 'Ethnohistoric sources suggest that the indigenous inhabitants of Andean South America saw both people and things as animated or enlivened by a common vital force (\n camaquen\n ). In approaching the subject of\n camaquen\n archaeologically, I attempt to place objects and their materiality at the analytical centre, rather than the normally privileged ethnohistoric or…