1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005656870403321

Autore

Galilei, Galileo <1564-1642>

Titolo

Antologia / Galilei Galileo ; a cura di Giulio Bonafede

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palermo : Casa ed. S. Ferro (, (stampa 1946))

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

XLIII, 75 p. ; 22 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

NON CONSULTABILE

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715969503321

Autore

Nagler Pamela

Titolo

The transformation of dryland rivers : the future of introduced tamarisk in the U.S. / / By Pamela L. Nagler [and four others] ; edited by Aditya Navale and Phil Frederick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Virginia] : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (6 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Fact sheet, , 2327-6932 ; ; 2021-3061

Soggetti

Saltcedar - United States

Saltcedar - Habitat - United States

Introduced organisms - United States

Riparian ecology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April 2021."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 6).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780324703321

Titolo

Ritual sacrifice in ancient Peru [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2001

ISBN

0-292-79821-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 211 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

BensonElizabeth P

CookAnita Gwynn

Disciplina

299/.84

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Peru - Rites and ceremonies

Indians of South America - Peru - Antiquities

Human sacrifice - Peru

Sacrifice - Peru

Peru Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why Sacrifice? -- 2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies -- 3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony -- 4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries -- 9. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru -- 6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society -- 7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership -- 8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 archaeological fieldwork of Steve Bourget, Anita Cook, and Alana Cordy-Collins, as well as from John Verano's laboratory work on skeletal material from recent excavations. Mary Frame, who is a weaver as well as a scholar, offers rich new interpretations of Paracas burial garments, and Donald Proulx presents a fresh view of the nature of Nasca warfare. Elizabeth Benson's essay provides a summary of sacrificial practices.