Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru : New Discoveries and Interpretations.

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Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors:	Benson, Elizabeth P. (Editor), Cook, Anita Gwynn (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001
Subjects:	Indians of South America > Peru > Rites and ceremonies. Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities. Human sacrifice > Peru. Sacrifice > Peru. Peru > Antiquities.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of 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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