Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru /

Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru / / ed. by Anita G. Cook, Elizabeth P. Benson.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Benson, Elizabeth P.,
Bourget, Steve,
Cook, Anita G.,
Cordy-Collins, Alana,
Frame, Mary,
Proulx, Donald A.,
Verano, John W.,
HerausgeberIn:
Benson, Elizabeth P.,
Cook, Anita G.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2001
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (227 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Why Sacrifice?
  • 2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies
  • 3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony
  • 4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries
  • 9. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru
  • 6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society
  • 7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership
  • 8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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