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Title:

Blood and beauty : organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America / edited by Heather Orr and Rex Koontz.

Publisher:

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxviii, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
Indians of Central America--Rites and ceremonies
Violence--Mexico.
Violence--Central America.
Violence in art
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities
Indians of Central America--Antiquities
Social archaeology--Mexico.
Social archaeology--Central America.

Other Authors:

Orr, Heather S.
Koontz, Rex.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Reconsidering warfare in formative period Oaxaca / Andrew Workinger and Arthur A. Joyce -- Warrior queens among the classic Maya / Kathryn Reese-Taylor ... [et al.] -- Investiture and violence at El Taj©Ưn and Cacaxtla / Rex Koontz -- Human sacrifice in the iconography of Veracruz ballgame sculptures / John Scott -- Playing ball : competition as a political tool / Adriana Ag©ơero and Annick Daneels -- Games, courts and players at Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala / Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos -- American gladiators : ritual boxing in ancient Mesoamerica / Karl Taube and Marc Zender -- Heads of flesh and stone / Jane Stevenson Day -- Rolling heads : the Diqu©Ưs stone balls and trophy-head taking in ancient Costa Rica / Heather Orr -- Pretium dolores, or The value of pain in Mesoamerica / Claude-Fran©ʹois Baudez -- Violent acts of curing : pre-Columbian metaphors of birth and sacrifice in the diagnosis and treatment of illness "writ large" / John W. Hoopes and David Mora-Mar©Ưn -- To boast in our sufferings : the problem of pain in ancient Mesoamerica / Stephen Houston.

Series:

Ideas, debates and perspectives ; v. 4

ISBN:

9781931745581
1931745587
193174503X
9781931745031
1931745250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781931745253 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1931745803 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781931745802 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320802559

LCCN:

2009021578

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)