Carla Hernández Garavito is a Peruvian archaeologist and an assistant professor in the anthropology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

“Drawing on diverse lines of evidence, this book offers a fascinating example of how local people in HuarochirÍ made sense of their experiences under Inka and Spanish colonialism. Through the concept of ch’ixi—capturing the paradox of both/and—Hernández Garavito explores the incorporation of imperial and global processes into local reinventions of history and community.”—Lee Panich, author of Narratives of Persistence: Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California “Reinvention and History Making in Huarochirí offers an important intervention in the archaeology and history of the colonial Andes by centering local Indigenous interactions, strategies, and perspectives. The result is a reconstruction of colonial HuarochirÍ life that is dynamic and varied, from the ongoing role of kin-based differentiation and conflict to the appropriation of Catholic churches as a tool for continued resistance. Throughout, the reader sees Indigenous Huarochirí residents as central protagonists in the making of colonial history, settlement, institutions, and culture.”—Lisa Overholtzer, McGill University

Carla Hernández Garavito is a Peruvian archaeologist and an assistant professor in the anthropology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

“Drawing on diverse lines of evidence, this book offers a fascinating example of how local people in HuarochirÍ made sense of their experiences under Inka and Spanish colonialism. Through the concept of ch’ixi—capturing the paradox of both/and—Hernández Garavito explores the incorporation of imperial and global processes into local reinventions of history and community.”—Lee Panich, author of Narratives of Persistence: Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California “Reinvention and History Making in Huarochirí offers an important intervention in the archaeology and history of the colonial Andes by centering local Indigenous interactions, strategies, and perspectives. The result is a reconstruction of colonial HuarochirÍ life that is dynamic and varied, from the ongoing role of kin-based differentiation and conflict to the appropriation of Catholic churches as a tool for continued resistance. Throughout, the reader sees Indigenous Huarochirí residents as central protagonists in the making of colonial history, settlement, institutions, and culture.”—Lisa Overholtzer, McGill University

Carla Hernández Garavito is a Peruvian archaeologist and an assistant professor in the anthropology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

“Drawing on diverse lines of evidence, this book offers a fascinating example of how local people in HuarochirÍ made sense of their experiences under Inka and Spanish colonialism. Through the concept of ch’ixi—capturing the paradox of both/and—Hernández Garavito explores the incorporation of imperial and global processes into local reinventions of history and community.”—Lee Panich, author of Narratives of Persistence: Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California “Reinvention and History Making in Huarochirí offers an important intervention in the archaeology and history of the colonial Andes by centering local Indigenous interactions, strategies, and perspectives. The result is a reconstruction of colonial HuarochirÍ life that is dynamic and varied, from the ongoing role of kin-based differentiation and conflict to the appropriation of Catholic churches as a tool for continued resistance. Throughout, the reader sees Indigenous Huarochirí residents as central protagonists in the making of colonial history, settlement, institutions, and culture.”—Lisa Overholtzer, McGill University