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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2001.
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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.