Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru

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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments ix Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook   Why Sacrifice?  Elizabeth P. Benson   Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies  Alana Cordy-Collins   Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony  Alana Cordy-Collins   Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries  Mary Frame   Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru  Steve Bourget   Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society  Donald A. Proulx   Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership  Anita G. Cook   The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru  John W.Verano Bibliography  Index  THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...