Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship : strategies for empire unification /

Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship : strategies for empire unification /

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Author / Creator:	Besom, Thomas, 1960-
Imprint:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013.
Description:	xviii, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Incas -- Rites and ceremonies. Incas -- Religion. Incas -- Politics and government. Human sacrifice -- Andes Region. Mountains -- Religious aspects. Antiquities. Human sacrifice. Incas -- Politics and government. Incas -- Religion. Incas -- Rites and ceremonies. Mountains -- Religious aspects. Religious aspects. Andes Region -- Religious aspects. Andes Region -- Antiquities. Andes Region.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9127581

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ISBN:	9780826353078 (cloth : alk. paper) 082635307X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826353085 (electronic) 0826353088 (electronic)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire"--Provided by publisher.

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Call Number:	F3429.3.R58 B46 2013
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