Of summits and sacrifice : an ethnohistoric study of Inka religious practices / / Thomas Besom
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| Autore: |
Besom Thomas <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Of summits and sacrifice : an ethnohistoric study of Inka religious practices / / Thomas Besom
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 299.8/83230342 |
| Soggetto topico: | Incas - Rites and ceremonies |
| Incas - Antiquities | |
| Human sacrifice - Peru | |
| Mountains - Religious aspects | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Peru Antiquities |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Of summits and sacrifice |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79762-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812477203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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