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Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire : a social bioarchaeology of imperialism in the ancient Andes

Title
Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire : a social bioarchaeology of imperialism in the ancient Andes / Tiffiny A. Tung ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Author
Tung, Tiffiny A.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

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xxiv, 244 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past : local, regional, and global perspectives
Uniform Title
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-236) and index.
Contents
Introduction to Wari -- Bioarchaeology of imperialism and violence -- The Wari empire in the Andean world -- Wari community organization : demography, migration, and mortuary treatment -- Violence and skeletal trauma among Wari communities -- Corporeal icons of Wari imperialism : human trophy heads and their representations -- Conclusions : life and death in the Wari world.
Call Number
JFE 12-550
ISBN
  • 9780813037677 (alk. paper)
  • 0813037670 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2011037498
  • 40020637401
OCLC
711045472
Author
Tung, Tiffiny A.
Title
Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire : a social bioarchaeology of imperialism in the ancient Andes / Tiffiny A. Tung ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
Series
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past : local, regional, and global perspectives
Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-236) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40020637401
Research Call Number
JFE 12-550
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