Ritual Violence in the Ancient Andes : Reconstructing Sacrifice on the North Coast of Peru /
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 468 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12870154 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter one. Ritual violence on the north coast of Peru : perspectives and prospects in the archaeology of ancient Andean sacrifice / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne
- Part One. Ancient ritual variation and methodological advances in studies of sacrifice / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter two. Ritual killing, mutilation, and dismemberment at Huaca de la Luna : sharp force trauma among Moche sacrifice victims in Plazas 3A and 3C / Laurel S. Hamilton ; Chapter three. The taphonomy of ritual killing on the north coast of Peru : perspectives from Huaca de la Luna and Pacatnamú / Heather C. Backo ; Chapter four. Ritual strangulation in the Southern Moche world : mortuary ligatures as tools of liturgical violation / David Chicoine ; Chapter five. Bodies and blood : Middle Sicán human sacrifice in the Lambayeque Valley complex (AD 900-1100) / Haagen D. Klaus and Izumi Shimada ; Chapter six. Precious gifts : mortuary patterns and the shift from animal to human sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the middle Chao Valley, Peru / Catherine Gaither, Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Bethard, Victor Vasquez, and Teresa Rosales ; Chapter 7. Human sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap archaeological complex : traditions and transformations of ritual violence under Chimú and Inka rule / Haagen D. Klaus, Bethany L. Turner, Fausto Saldaña, Samuel Castillo, and Carlos Wester
- Part Two. Ancient identities, ambiguous deaths, and complex burials / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter eight. Life before death : a paleopathological examination of human sacrifice at the Tiemplo de la Piedra Sagrada, Túcume, Peru / J. Marla Toyne ; Chapter nine. The killing of captives on the north coast of Peru in pre-Hispanic times : iconographic and bioarchaeological evidence / John W. Verano and Sara S. Phillips : Chapter ten. Reconsidering retainers : identity, death, and sacrifice in high-status funerary contexts on the north coast of Peru / Sylvia Bentley and Haagen D. Klaus ; Chapter eleven. Human sacrifice : a view from San José de Moro / Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, Mellisa Lund, Luis Jaime Castillo, and Lars Fehren-Schmitz
- Part Three. Continuums of killing : sacrifice of animals and objects / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter twelve. Life histories of sacrificed camelids from Huancaco (Virú Valley) / Paul Szpak, Jean-François Millaire, Christine White, Steve Bourget, and Fred Longstaffe ; Chapter thirteen. Posts and pots : propitiary ritual at Huaca Santa Clara in the Virú Valley, Peru / Jean-François Millaire
- Part Four. Perspectives from beyond the north coast of Peru / Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne. Chapter fourteen. Practicing and performing sacrifice / Tiffiny A. Tung ; Chapter fifteen. Mesoamerican perspectives on the (bio)archaeology of Andean ritual violence / Vera Tiesler.