Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship : strategies for empire unification /

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In this study, the author explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire. -- Provided by publisher.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Besom, Thomas, 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013
Sujets:
Incas > Rites and ceremonies.
Incas > Religion.
Incas > Politics and government.
Human sacrifice > Andes Region.
Mountains > Religious aspects.
Incas > Rites et cérémonies.
Montagnes > Aspect religieux.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Antiquities
Human sacrifice
Incas > Politics and government
Incas > Religion
Incas > Rites and ceremonies
Mountains > Religious aspects
War > Religious aspects
Andes Region > Religious aspects.
Andes Region > Antiquities.
Andes Region
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:In this study, the author explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire. -- Provided by publisher.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.
ISBN:9780826353085
0826353088
1299475450
9781299475458

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