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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780292798212
035 _a(DE-B1597)588698
035 _a(OCoLC)1286808694
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aRitual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru /
_ced. by Anita G. Cook, Elizabeth P. Benson.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2001
300 _a1 online resource (227 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_t1. Why Sacrifice? --
_t2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies --
_t3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony --
_t4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries --
_t9. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru --
_t6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society --
_t7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership --
_t8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aPropitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies, as in many premodern cultures. Ritual sacrifices were considered necessary for this propitiation and for maintaining a proper reciprocal relationship between humans and the supernatural world. The essays in this book examine the archaeological evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings, animals, and objects, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred, from around 2500 B.C. until Inca times just before the Spanish Conquest. Major contributions come from the recent archaeological fieldwork of Steve Bourget, Anita Cook, and Alana Cordy-Collins, as well as from John Verano's laboratory work on skeletal material from recent excavations. Mary Frame, who is a weaver as well as a scholar, offers rich new interpretations of Paracas burial garments, and Donald Proulx presents a fresh view of the nature of Nasca warfare. Elizabeth Benson's essay provides a summary of sacrificial practices.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 0 _aHuman sacrifice
_zPeru.
650 0 _aIndians of South America
_zPeru
_xAntiquities.
650 0 _aIndians of South America
_zPeru
_xRites and ceremonies.
650 0 _aSacrifice
_zPeru.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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700 1 _aBenson, Elizabeth P.
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aBourget, Steve
_eautore
700 1 _aCook, Anita G.
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aCordy-Collins, Alana
_eautore
700 1 _aFrame, Mary
_eautore
700 1 _aProulx, Donald A.
_eautore
700 1 _aVerano, John W.
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/708938
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292798212
856 4 2 _3Cover
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