Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru : New Discoveries and Interpretations.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Benson, Elizabeth P. (Editor ), Cook, Anita Gwynn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, July 2001.
Temas:
Indians of South America > Peru > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities.
Human sacrifice > Peru.
Sacrifice > Peru.
Peuples autochtones > Pérou > Rites et cérémonies.
Peuples autochtones > Pérou > Antiquités.
Sacrifice humain > Pérou.
Sacrifice > Pérou.
Antiquities
Human sacrifice
Indians of South America > Antiquities
Indians of South America > Rites and ceremonies
Sacrifice
Peru > Antiquities.
Pérou > Antiquités.
Peru
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments, by Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook
  • Chapter 1: Why Sacrifice?, by Elizabeth P. Benson
  • Chapter 2: Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies, by Alana Cordy-Collins
  • Chapter 3: Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony, by Alana Cordy-Collins
  • Chapter 4: Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries, by Mary Frame
  • Chapter 5: Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru, by Steve Bourget.
  • Chapter 6: Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society, by Donald A. Proulx
  • Chapter 7: Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership, by Anita G. Cook
  • Chapter 8: The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru, by John W. Verano
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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