- Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 244 p.) : ill., maps.
- Series Statement
- Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past : local, regional, and global perspectives
- Uniform Title
- Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire (Online)
- Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.
- Alternative Title
- Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-236) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011037498
- OCLC
- ssj0000600194
- Author
Tung, Tiffiny A.
- Title
Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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