Images in Action

The Southern Andean Iconographic Series

edited by William H. Isbell, Mauricio I. Uribe, Anne Tiballi and Edward P. Zegarra

Book cover: Images in Action

Extent: 812 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: Archaeology of the Americas, Art & Art History

Series: Cotsen Advanced Seminars

Series volume number: 6

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2018)

ISBN: 9781938770142

8.46 x 10.94 inches

Price: $139.00

In stock

Presents interpretations of a large corpus of art and iconography from the Southern and South-Central Andes, bringing together the most esteemed scholars in the field. Uses artifacts, artworks, textiles, archaeology, and architecture to develop new insights on the cultural interactions between people in prehistoric western South America. 700 illus.


Images in Action presents interpretations of a large corpus of art and iconography from the Southern and South-Central Andes, bringing together some of the most esteemed scholars in the field. More than thirty authors, all with extensive experience in the Southern Andes, examine artifacts, artworks, textiles, archaeology, and architecture to develop creative new insights on the cultural interactions between people in prehistoric western South America. The volume’s nearly seven hundred images are fully referenced in the text and are archived in a comprehensive, searchable online database.

  • Edited by William H. Isbell
  • Edited by Anne Tiballi
  • Edited by Mauricio I. Uribe
  • Edited by Edward P. Zegarra