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Sacrifice, violence, and ideology among the Moche : the rise of social complexity in ancient Peru / Steve Bourget.
Penn Museum Library F3430.1.M6 B69 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bourget, Steve, 1956- author.
- Series:
- William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
- The William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mochica Indians--Antiquities.
- Mochica Indians.
- Mochica Indians--Religion.
- Mochica Indians--Social life and customs.
- Mochica Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Violence.
- History.
- Social archaeology.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Human sacrifice.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Moche (Peru)--Antiquities.
- Moche (Peru).
- Human sacrifice--Peru.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Peru.
- Social archaeology--Peru.
- Violence--Peru--History.
- Peru.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- A cultural landscape
- The Moche
- The Plaza 3A sacrificial site
- Platform II
- A ritual ecology of power
- Children and warriors
- Human sacrifice and rulership
- Violence in the rise of social complexity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-427) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781477308738
- 1477308733
- OCLC:
- 915309919
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