03132nam 2200649Ia 450 991081247720332120230721012118.00-292-79762-110.7560/719774(CKB)2560000000007757(OCoLC)501183490(CaPaEBR)ebrary10340886(SSID)ssj0000341059(PQKBManifestationID)11260423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341059(PQKBWorkID)10389771(PQKB)10252961(MiAaPQ)EBC3443432(MdBmJHUP)muse2258(Au-PeEL)EBL3443432(CaPaEBR)ebr10340886(DE-B1597)587720(DE-B1597)9780292797628(EXLCZ)99256000000000775720081208d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOf summits and sacrifice[electronic resource] an ethnohistoric study of Inka religious practices /Thomas Besom1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20091 online resource (245 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-71977-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Ethnohistory and the Inkas -- Qhapaq Hucha sacrifice -- Other types of sacrifice -- Mountain worship -- Mountain offerings -- Reasons for worshipping mountains -- Material correlates of mountain worship -- Conclusions.In perhaps as few as one hundred years, the Inka Empire became the largest state ever formed by a native people anywhere in the Americas, dominating the western coast of South America by the early sixteenth century. Because the Inkas had no system of writing, it was left to Spanish and semi-indigenous authors to record the details of the religious rituals that the Inkas believed were vital for consolidating their conquests. Synthesizing these arresting accounts that span three centuries, Thomas Besom presents a wealth of descriptive data on the Inka practices of human sacrifice and mountain worship, supplemented by archaeological evidence. Of Summits and Sacrifice offers insight into the symbolic connections between landscape and life that underlay Inka religious beliefs. In vivid prose, Besom links significant details, ranging from the reasons for cyclical sacrificial rites to the varieties of mountain deities, producing a uniquely powerful cultural history.IncasRites and ceremoniesIncasAntiquitiesHuman sacrificePeruMountainsReligious aspectsPeruAntiquitiesIncasRites and ceremonies.IncasAntiquities.Human sacrificeMountainsReligious aspects.299.8/83230342Besom Thomas1960-1629093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812477203321Of summits and sacrifice4103593UNINA