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Ritual sacrifice in ancient Peru /

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Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Benson, Elizabeth P., Cook, Anita Gwynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Peru > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities.
Human sacrifice > Peru.
Sacrifice > Peru.
Peru > Antiquities.
Indiens d'Amérique > Pérou > Rites et cérémonies.
Indiens d'Amérique > Pérou > Antiquités.
Sacrifice humain > Pérou.
Sacrifice > Pérou.
Pérou > Antiquités.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.