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Sacrifice, Violence, and Ideology Among the Moche
Language: en
Pages: 431
Authors: Steve Bourget
Categories: Human remains (Archaeology)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher:

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Sacrifice, Violence, and Ideology Among the Moche
Language: en
Pages: 464
Authors: Steve Bourget
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-03 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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In a special precinct dedicated to ritual sacrifice at Huaca de la Luna on the north coast of Peru, about seventy-five men were killed and dismembered, their re
Ritual Violence in the Ancient Andes
Language: en
Pages: 487
Authors: Haagen D. Klaus
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-26 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Traditions of sacrifice exist in almost every human culture and often embody a society’s most meaningful religious and symbolic acts. Ritual violence was part
Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Steve Bourget
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-08-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a new level through an in-depth study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice.
The Moche of Ancient Peru
Language: en
Pages: 171
Authors: Jeffrey Quilter
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Peabody Museum Press

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Quilter utilizes the Peabody's collection as a means to investigate how the Moche used various media, particularly ceramics, to convey messages about their live