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Ritual sacrifice in ancient Peru /

"This is indeed a significant contribution that contains an immense amount of new evidence. ... The authors offer plentiful support for the view that human sacrifice is a very ancient and important, though shocking, Andean tradition."--William J Conklin, Research Associate for the Textile...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Benson, Elizabeth P., Cook, Anita Gwynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why sacrifice? / Elizabeth P. Benson
  • Decapitation in Cupisnique and early Moche societies / Alana Cordy-Collins
  • Blood and the moon priestesses : spondylus shells in Moche ceremony / Alana Cordy-Collins
  • Blood, fertility, and transformation : interwoven themes in the Paracas necropolis embroideries / Mary Frame
  • Children and ancestors : ritual practices and the Moche site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru / Steve Bourget
  • Ritual uses of trophy heads in ancient Nasca society / Donald A. Proulx
  • Huari D-shaped structures, sacrificial offerings and divine rulership / Anita G. Cook
  • The physical evidence of human sacrifice in ancient Peru / John W. Verano.