Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru

Name: Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru
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ISBN: 9780292708945

ISBN-10: 0292708947

ISBN-13: 9780292708945

Edition: 2001

Authors: Elizabeth P. Benson, Anita Gwynn Cook, Anita G. Cook

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Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies, as in many premodern cultures. Ritual sacrifices were considered necessary for this propitiation and for maintaining a proper reciprocal relationship between humans and the supernatural world. The essays in this book examine the archaeological evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings, animals, and objects, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred, from around 2500 B.C. until Inca times just before the Spanish Conquest. Major contributions come from the recent…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 7/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 227
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments




Why Sacrifice?




Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies




Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony




Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries




Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru




Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society




Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership




The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru



Bibliography


Index