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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 [electronic resource] : 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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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
  • Huari Indians > Antiquities
  • Huari Indians > Rites and ceremonies
  • Social structure > Peru
  • Human remains (Archaeology) > Peru
  • Human skeleton > Analysis > Peru
  • Imperialism > Social aspects > Peru
  • Social archaeology > Peru
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Peru
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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Available onsite at NYPL
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