Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship: Strategies for Empire Unification

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© 2013 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights reserved. Published 2013 Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Besom, Thomas, 1960– Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship : strategies for empire unification / Thomas Besom. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8263-5307-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8263-5308-5 (electronic) 1. Incas—Rites and ceremonies. 2. Incas—Religion. 3. Incas—Politics and government. 4. Human sacrifice—Andes Region. 5. Andes Region—Religious aspects. 6. Mountains—Religious aspects 7. Andes Region—Antiquities. I. Title. F3429.3.R58B46 2013 299.8’8323—dc23 2012041906 For my nieces, Eve and Kay, and for my nephew, Cale, in the hope that they will take an interest in the sciences ...