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1 online resource (xvi, 468 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere |
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William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
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| Contents |
Chapter one. Ritual violence on the north coast of Peru : perspectives and prospects in the archaeology of ancient Andean sacrifice / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne -- Part One. Ancient ritual variation and methodological advances in studies of sacrifice / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter two. Ritual killing, mutilation, and dismemberment at Huaca de la Luna : sharp force trauma among Moche sacrifice victims in Plazas 3A and 3C / Laurel S. Hamilton ; Chapter three. The taphonomy of ritual killing on the north coast of Peru : perspectives from Huaca de la Luna and Pacatnamú / Heather C. Backo ; Chapter four. Ritual strangulation in the Southern Moche world : mortuary ligatures as tools of liturgical violation / David Chicoine ; Chapter five. Bodies and blood : Middle Sicán human sacrifice in the Lambayeque Valley complex (AD 900-1100) / Haagen D. Klaus and Izumi Shimada ; Chapter six. Precious gifts : mortuary patterns and the shift from animal to human sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the middle Chao Valley, Peru / Catherine Gaither, Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Bethard, Victor Vasquez, and Teresa Rosales ; Chapter 7. Human sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap archaeological complex : traditions and transformations of ritual violence under Chimú and Inka rule / Haagen D. Klaus, Bethany L. Turner, Fausto Saldaña, Samuel Castillo, and Carlos Wester -- Part Two. Ancient identities, ambiguous deaths, and complex burials / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter eight. Life before death : a paleopathological examination of human sacrifice at the Tiemplo de la Piedra Sagrada, Túcume, Peru / J. Marla Toyne ; Chapter nine. The killing of captives on the north coast of Peru in pre-Hispanic times : iconographic and bioarchaeological evidence / John W. Verano and Sara S. Phillips : Chapter ten. Reconsidering retainers : identity, death, and sacrifice in high-status funerary contexts on the north coast of Peru / Sylvia Bentley and Haagen D. Klaus ; Chapter eleven. Human sacrifice : a view from San José de Moro / Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, Mellisa Lund, Luis Jaime Castillo, and Lars Fehren-Schmitz -- Part Three. Continuums of killing : sacrifice of animals and objects / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter twelve. Life histories of sacrificed camelids from Huancaco (Virú Valley) / Paul Szpak, Jean-François Millaire, Christine White, Steve Bourget, and Fred Longstaffe ; Chapter thirteen. Posts and pots : propitiary ritual at Huaca Santa Clara in the Virú Valley, Peru / Jean-François Millaire -- Part Four. Perspectives from beyond the north coast of Peru / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter fourteen. Practicing and performing sacrifice / Tiffiny A. Tung ; Chapter fifteen. Mesoamerican perspectives on the (bio)archaeology of Andean ritual violence / Vera Tiesler |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-450) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Rites and ceremonies
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Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.
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Sacrifice -- Peru
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Human sacrifice -- Peru
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
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Antiquities
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Human sacrifice
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Indians of South America -- Antiquities
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Indians of South America -- Rites and ceremonies
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Sacrifice
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| SUBJECT |
Peru -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100187
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| Subject |
Peru
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klaus, Haagen D., editor
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Toyne, J. Marla, editor
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| ISBN |
9781477310571 |
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1477310576 |
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