Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru / / ed. by Anita G. Cook, Elizabeth P. Benson.
Propitiating 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 re...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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