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Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292798212
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient PeruDDC classification:
  • 299/.84
LOC classification:
  • F3429
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments, by Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook -- Chapter 1: Why Sacrifice?, by Elizabeth P. Benson -- Chapter 2: Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies, by Alana Cordy-Collins -- Chapter 3: Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony, by Alana Cordy-Collins -- Chapter 4: Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries, by Mary Frame -- Chapter 5: Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru, by Steve Bourget -- Chapter 6: Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society, by Donald A. Proulx -- Chapter 7: Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership, by Anita G. Cook -- Chapter 8: The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru, by John W. Verano -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments, by Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook -- Chapter 1: Why Sacrifice?, by Elizabeth P. Benson -- Chapter 2: Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies, by Alana Cordy-Collins -- Chapter 3: Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony, by Alana Cordy-Collins -- Chapter 4: Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries, by Mary Frame -- Chapter 5: Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru, by Steve Bourget -- Chapter 6: Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society, by Donald A. Proulx -- Chapter 7: Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership, by Anita G. Cook -- Chapter 8: The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru, by John W. Verano -- Bibliography -- Index.

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