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Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire : a social bioarchaeology of imperialism in the ancient Andes / Tiffiny A. Tung ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Penn Museum Library F3430.1.H83 T86 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tung, Tiffiny A.
- Series:
- Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past
- Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past : local, regional, and global perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Huari Indians--Antiquities.
- Huari Indians.
- Huari Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Social structure--Peru.
- Social structure.
- Social archaeology.
- Imperialism--Social aspects.
- Imperialism.
- Human skeleton--Analysis.
- Human skeleton.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Peru.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Peru.
- Human skeleton--Analysis--Peru.
- Imperialism--Social aspects--Peru.
- Social archaeology--Peru.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction to Wari
- Bioarchaeology of imperialism and violence
- The Wari empire in the Andean world
- Wari community organization : demography, migration, and mortuary treatment
- Violence and skeletal trauma among Wari communities
- Corporeal icons of Wari imperialism : human trophy heads and their representations
- Conclusions : life and death in the Wari world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813037677
- 0813037670
- OCLC:
- 711045472
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