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Blood and beauty : organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America / edited by Heather Orr and Rex Koontz.

Penn Museum Library F1219.3.R56 B55 2009
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Orr, Heather S.
Koontz, Rex
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Ideas, debates, and perspectives ; v. 4.
Ideas, debates and perspectives ; v. 4
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Mexico.
Indians of Central America--Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Central America.
Violence--Mexico.
Violence.
Social archaeology.
Mexico.
Violence--Central America.
Violence in art.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Social archaeology--Mexico.
Social archaeology--Central America.
Central America.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
[Los Angeles, CA] : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2009.
Contents:
Reconsidering warfare in formative period Oaxaca / Andrew Workinger and Arthur A. Joyce
Warrior queens among the classic Maya / Kathryn Reese-Taylor ... [et al.]
Investiture and violence at El Tajín and Cacaxtla / Rex Koontz
Human sacrifice in the iconography of Veracruz ballgame sculptures / John Scott
Playing ball : competition as a political tool / Adriana Agüero and Annick Daneels
Games, courts and players at Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala / Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
American gladiators : ritual boxing in ancient Mesoamerica / Karl Taube and Marc Zender
Heads of flesh and stone / Jane Stevenson Day
Rolling heads : the Diquís stone balls and trophy-head taking in ancient Costa Rica / Heather Orr
Pretium dolores, or The value of pain in Mesoamerica / Claude-François Baudez
Violent acts of curing : pre-Columbian metaphors of birth and sacrifice in the diagnosis and treatment of illness "writ large" / John W. Hoopes and David Mora-Marín
To boast in our sufferings : the problem of pain in ancient Mesoamerica / Stephen Houston.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9781931745802
1931745803
9781931745253
1931745250
9781931745031
193174503X
1931745587
9781931745581
OCLC:
320802559
Publisher Number:
99935940024

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