03760nam 22006614a 450 991082378530332120200520144314.00-292-79821-010.7560/708938(CKB)111090425016192(SSID)ssj0000238744(PQKBManifestationID)11218759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238744(PQKBWorkID)10234180(PQKB)10413315(MiAaPQ)EBC3442989(OCoLC)55873621(MdBmJHUP)muse1987(Au-PeEL)EBL3442989(CaPaEBR)ebr10172722(OCoLC)697761015(DE-B1597)588698(DE-B1597)9780292798212(EXLCZ)9911109042501619220001006d2001 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRitual sacrifice in ancient Peru /Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook, editors1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press2001xii, 211 p. ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-70893-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and index.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 -- IndexPropitiating 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.Indians of South AmericaPeruRites and ceremoniesIndians of South AmericaPeruAntiquitiesHuman sacrificePeruSacrificePeruPeruAntiquitiesIndians of South AmericaRites and ceremonies.Indians of South AmericaAntiquities.Human sacrificeSacrifice299/.84Benson Elizabeth P1604748Cook Anita Gwynn1604749MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823785303321Ritual sacrifice in ancient Peru3929709UNINA