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Title:

Latin American indigenous warfare and ritual violence / edited by Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza.

Publisher:

University of Arizona Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

ix, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians--Warfare.
Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Violence--Latin America.
Human sacrifice--Latin America.
Latin America--Territorial expansion.
Social archaeology--Latin America.
Violence in art.
Latin America--Antiquities.
Indiens d'Amérique--Guerre--Amérique latine.
Indiens d'Amérique--Rites et cérémonies.
Violence--Amérique latine.
Sacrifice humain--Amérique latine.
Archéologie sociale--Amérique latine.
Violence dans l'art.
Amérique latine--Expansion territoriale.
Amérique latine--Antiquités.

Other Authors:

Chacon, Richard J., 1959-
Mendoza, Ruben G.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-282) and index.

Contents:

Ethical considerations and conclusions regarding indigenous warfare and ritual violence in Latin America / Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza. Aztec militarism and blood sacrifice : the archaeology and ideology of ritual violence / Rubén G. Mendoza -- Territorial expansion and primary state formation in Oaxaca, Mexico / Charles S. Spencer -- Images of violence in Mesoamerican mural art / Donald McVicker -- Circum-Caribbean chiefly warfare / Elsa M. Redmond -- Conflict and conquest in pre-Hispanic Andean South America : archaeological evidence from northern coastal Peru / John W. Verano -- The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of highland Ecuador : blood for the earth / Richard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango -- Upper Amazonian warfare / Stephen Beckerman and James Yost -- Complexity and causality in Tupinambá warfare / William Balée -- Hunter-gatherers' aboriginal warfare in western Chaco / Marcela Mendoza -- The struggle for social life in Fuego-Patagonia / Alfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas -- Ethical considerations and conclusions regarding indigenous warfare and ritual violence in Latin America / Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza.

ISBN:

0816525277 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780816525270 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006038419

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)