{"product_id":"ritual-violence-in-the-ancient-andes-9781477309377","title":"Ritual Violence in the Ancient Andes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first comprehensive synthesis of a major topic in Andean archaeology, this volume reconstructs the complex and situational motivations underlying ritual killing and the broader range of pre- and post-killing rites that were integral to ancient liturgi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword (Clark Spencer Larsen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Ritual Violence on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives and Prospects in the Archaeology of Ancient Andean Sacrifice (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Ancient Ritual Variation and Methodological Advances in Studies of Sacrifice (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Ritual Killing, Mutilation, and Dismemberment at Huaca de la Luna: Sharp Force Trauma Among the Moche Sacrifice Victims in Plazas 3A and 3C (Laurel S. Hamilton)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Taphonomy of Ritual Killing on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives from Huaca de la Luna and Pacatnamú (Heather C. Backo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Ritual Strangulation in the Southern Moche World: Mortuary Ligatures as Tools of Liturgical Violation (David Chicoine)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Bodies and Blood: Middle Sicán Human Sacrifice in the Lambayeque Valley Complex (AD 900–1100) (Haagen D. Klaus and Izumi Shimada)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Precious Gifts: Mortuary Patterns and the Shift from Animal to Human Sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the Middle Chao Valley, Peru (Catherine Gaither, Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Bethard, Victor Vasquez S., and Teresa Rosales)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Human Sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap Archaeological Complex: Traditions and Transformations of Ritual Violence Under Chimú and Inka Rule (Haagen D. Klaus, Bethany L. Turner, Fausto Saldaña, Samuel Castillo, and Carlos Wester)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Ancient Identities, Ambiguous Deaths, and Complex Burials (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Life Before Death: A Paleopathological Examination of Human Sacrifice at the Templo de la Piedra Sagrada, Túcume, Peru (J. Marla Toyne)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Killing of Captives on the North Coast of Peru in Pre-Hispanic Times: Iconographic and Bioarchaeological Evidence (John W. Verano and Sara S. Phillips)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Reconsidering Retainers: Identity, Death, and Sacrifice in High-Status Funerary Contexts on the North Coast of Peru (Sylvia Bentley and Haagen D. Klaus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Human Sacrifice: A View from San José de Moro (Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, Mellisa Lund, Luis Jaime Castillo, and Lars Fehren-Schmitz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Continuums of Killing: Sacrifice of Animals and Objects (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Life Histories of Sacrificed Camelids from Huancaco (Virú Valley) (Paul Szpak, Jean-François Millaire, Christine White, Steve Bourget, and Fred Longstaffe)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Posts and Pots: Propitiatory Ritual at Huaca Santa Clara in the Virú Valley, Peru (Jean-François Millaire)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV. Perspectives from Beyond the North Coast of Peru (Haagen D. Klaus and J. Marla Toyne) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Practicing and Performing Sacrifice (Tiffiny Tung)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Mesoamerican Perspectives on the (Bio)archaeology of Ritual Violence (Vera Tiesler)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReference List\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408945193303,"sku":"9781477309377","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477309377.jpg?v=1730504808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ritual-violence-in-the-ancient-andes-9781477309377","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}