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Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for empire unification / / Thomas Besom



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Autore: Besom Thomas <1960-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for empire unification / / Thomas Besom Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina: 299.8/8323
Soggetto topico: Incas - Rites and ceremonies
Incas - Religion
Incas - Politics and government
Human sacrifice - Andes Region
Mountains - Religious aspects
Soggetto geografico: Andes Region Religious aspects
Andes Region Antiquities
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1: Symbols, Ideology, Ritual, and Power; 2: Ethnohistoric Data on Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship; 3: The Archaeological Materials from Cerro Esmeralda; 4: Discussion of the Materials from Cerro Esmeralda; 5: The Archaeology of Cerro El Plomo and the Santiago Area; 6: Discussion of the Archaeological Materials from Cerro El Plomo and the Santiago Area; 7: Discussion of the Anthropomorphic Statuettes; 8: Conclusions; Epilogue; Appendix A: Results of Segmental Hair Analysis
Appendix B: Typical Inka VesselsNotes; Glossary of Andean Names and Terms; References; Index; Back Cover
Sommario/riassunto: "In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire"--Provided by publisher.
Titolo autorizzato: Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-47545-0
0-8263-5308-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452677603321
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