| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 211 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and index. |
| 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 -- Physical evidence of human sacrifice in Ancient Peru / John W. Verano. |
| Subject |
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.
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Human sacrifice -- Peru.
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Sacrifice -- Peru.
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Peru -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Benson, Elizabeth P.
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Cook, Anita Gwynn.
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| ISBN |
0292708939 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0292708947 (pbk.) |
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