| Description |
ix, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Status rivalry and warfare in the development and collapse of classic Maya civilization / Matt O'Mansky, 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, Angel Guandinango -- Upper Amazonian warfare / Stephen Beckerman, James Yost -- Complexity and causality in Tupinamba warfare / William Balee -- Hunter-gatherers' aboriginal warfare in western Chaco / Marcela Mendoza -- The struggle for social life in Fuego-Patagonia / Alfredo Prieto, Rodrigo Cardenas -- Ethical considerations and conclusions regarding indigenous warfare and ritual violence in Latin America / Richard J. Chacon, Ruben G. Mendoza. |
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Indians -- Warfare.
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Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Violence -- Latin America.
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Human sacrifice -- Latin America.
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Latin America -- Territorial expansion.
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Social archaeology -- Latin America.
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Violence in art.
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Latin America -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Chacon, Richard J., 1959-
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Mendoza, Ruben G.
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| ISBN |
0816525277 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780816525270 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000041092256 |
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IG# 9780816525270 |
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NZ1 11131580 |
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