Latin American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence /

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This groundbreaking multidisciplinary book presents significant essays on historical indigenous violence in Latin America from Tierra del Fuego to central Mexico. The collection explores those uniquely human motivations and environmental variables that have led to the native peoples of Latin America...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mendoza, Ruben G., 1956- (Editor ), Chacon, Richard J., 1959- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2019
Edición:First paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lateinamerika
Ritual
Gewalt
Violence.
Territorial expansion.
Social archaeology.
Indians > Warfare.
Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Human sacrifice.
Violence in art.
Antiquities.
Violence dans l'art
Archeologie sociale > Amerique latine
Sacrifice humain > Amerique latine
Violence > Amerique latine
Indiens d'Amerique > Rites et ceremonies
Indiens d'Amerique > Guerre > Amerique latine
Social archaeology > Latin America.
Human sacrifice > Latin America.
Violence > Latin America.
Indianer.
Latin America.
Amerique latine > Antiquites
Amerique latine > Expansion territoriale
Latin America > Antiquities.
Latin America > Territorial expansion.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza
  • Status rivalry and warfare in the development and collapse of classic Maya civilization / Matt O'Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest
  • Aztec militarism and blood sacrifice : the archaeology and ideology of ritual violence / Ruben G. Mendoza
  • Territorial expansion and primary state formation in Oaxaca, Mexico / Charles S. Spencer
  • Images of violence in Mesoamerican mural art / Donald McVicker
  • Circum-Caribbean chiefly warfare / Elsa M. Redmond
  • Conflict and conquest in pre-Hispanic Andean South America : archaeological evidence from northern coastal Peru / John W. Verano
  • The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of highland Ecuador : blood for the earth / Richard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango
  • Upper Amazonian warfare / Stephen Beckerman and James Yost
  • Complexity and causality in Tupinambá warfare / William Balee
  • Hunter-gatherers' aboriginal warfare in western Chaco / Marcela Mendoza
  • The struggle for social life in Fuego-Patagonia / Alfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas
  • Ethical considerations and conclusions regarding indigenous warfare and ritual violence in Latin America / Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza.

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