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The first comprehensive synthesis of a major topic in Andean archaeology, this volume reconstructs the complex and situational motivations underlying ritual killing and the broader range of pre- and post-killing rites that were integral to ancient liturgies of violence.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half Title, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, In Memoriam
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  1. Content
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Foreword
  2. Clark Spencer Larsen
  3. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Preface and Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. 1. Ritual Violence on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives and Prospects in the Archaeology of Ancient Andean Sacrifice
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, J. Marla Toyne
  3. pp. 1-24
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  1. Part I. Ancient Ritual Variation and Methodological Advances in Studies of Sacrifice
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, J. Marla Toyne
  3. pp. 25-28
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  1. 2. Ritual Killing, Mutilation, and Dismemberment at Huaca de la Luna: Sharp Force Trauma Among the Moche Sacrifice Victims in Plazas 3A and 3C
  2. Laurel S. Hamilton
  3. pp. 29-63
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  1. 3. The Taphonomy of Ritual Killing on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives from Huaca de la Luna and Pacatnamú
  2. Heather C. Backo
  3. pp. 64-96
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  1. 4. Ritual Strangulation in the Southern Moche World: Mortuary Ligatures as Tools of Liturgical Violation
  2. David Chicoine
  3. pp. 97-119
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  1. 5. Bodies and Blood: Middle Sicán Human Sacrifice in the Lambayeque Valley Complex (AD 900–1100)
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, Izumi Shimada
  3. pp. 120-149
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  1. 6. Precious Gifts: Mortuary Patterns and the Shift from Animal to Human Sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the Middle Chao Valley, Peru
  2. Catherine Gaither, Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Bethard, Victor Vasquez S., Teresa Rosales
  3. pp. 150-177
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  1. 7. Human Sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap Archaeological Complex: Traditions and Transformations of Ritual Violence Under Chimú and Inka Rule
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, Bethany L. Turner, Fausto Saldaña, Samuel Castillo, Carlos Wester
  3. pp. 178-210
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  1. Part II. Ancient Identities, Ambiguous Deaths, and Complex Burials
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, J. Marla Toyne
  3. pp. 211-214
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  1. 8. Life Before Death: A Paleopathological Examination of Human Sacrifice at the Templo de la Piedra Sagrada, Túcume, Peru
  2. J. Marla Toyne
  3. pp. 215-243
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  1. 9. The Killing of Captives on the North Coast of Peru in Pre-Hispanic Times: Iconographic and Bioarchaeological Evidence
  2. John W. Verano, Sara S. Phillips
  3. pp. 244-265
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  1. 10. Reconsidering Retainers: Identity, Death, and Sacrifice in High-Status Funerary Contexts on the North Coast of Peru
  2. Sylvia Bentley, Haagen D. Klaus
  3. pp. 266-290
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  1. 11. Human Sacrifice: A View from San José de Moro
  2. Elsa Tomasto-Cagigao, Mellisa Lund, Luis Jaime Castillo, Lars Fehren-Schmitz
  3. pp. 291-314
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  1. Part III. Continuums of Killing: Sacrifice of Animals and Objects
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, J. Marla Toyne
  3. pp. 315-318
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  1. 12. Life Histories of Sacrificed Camelids from Huancaco (Virú Valley)
  2. Paul Szpak, Jean-François Millaire, Christine White, Steve Bourget, Fred Longstaffe
  3. pp. 319-341
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  1. 13. Posts and Pots: Propitiatory Ritual at Huaca Santa Clara in the Virú Valley, Peru
  2. Jean-François Millaire
  3. pp. 342-358
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  1. Part IV. Perspectives from Beyond the North Coast of Peru
  2. Haagen D. Klaus, J. Marla Toyne
  3. pp. 359-360
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  1. 14. Practicing and Performing Sacrifice
  2. Tiffiny Tung
  3. pp. 361-370
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  1. 15. Mesoamerican Perspectives on the (Bio)archaeology of Ritual Violence
  2. Vera Tiesler
  3. pp. 371-380
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  1. Reference List
  2. pp. 381-450
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 451-468
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