Sacrifice, Violence, and Ideology Among the Moche - The Rise of Social Complexity in Ancient Peru

Informationen zum Autor By Steve Bourget Klappentext With a comprehensive presentation of the archaeology and visual culture of a key Moche site, this pioneering book investigates why ritual violence and human sacrifice were central to the development of Moche rulership and the reinforcement of social stratification. Zusammenfassung With a comprehensive presentation of the archaeology and visual culture of a key Moche site, this pioneering book investigates why ritual violence and human sacrifice were central to the development of Moche rulership and the reinforcement of social stratification. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. A Cultural LandscapeChapter 2. The MocheChapter 3. The Plaza 3A Sacrificial SiteChapter 4. Platform IIChapter 5. A Ritual Ecology of PowerChapter 6. Children and WarriorsChapter 7. Human Sacrifice and RulershipChapter 8. Violence in the Rise of Social ComplexityNotesBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: steve Bourget
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781477308738
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-0873-8
• No. of pages: 463
• Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere; William and Bettye Nowlin Seri; The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere; William and Bettye Nowlin Seri; The William and Bettye Nowlin
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous