Frank Salomon is John V. Murra Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author ofThe Cord Keepers: Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village, also published by Duke University Press.Mercedes Nintilde;o-Murcia is Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Associate Director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Iowa. She is a co-editor ofBilingualism and Identity: Spanish at the Crossroads with Other Languages.