New perspectives on human sacrifice and ritual body treatments in ancient Maya society / edited by Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina.
| Other author | Tiesler, Vera. |
| Other author | Cucina, Andrea, 1966- |
| Other author | Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting 2005) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer, ©2007. |
| Description | x, 319 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology. ^A237017 |
| Contents | New perspectives on human sacrifice and postsacrifical body treatments in ancient Maya society / Andrea Cucina and Vera Tiesler -- Funerary or nonfunerary? : new references in identifying ancient Maya sacrificial and postsacrificial behaviors from human assemblages / Vera Tiesler -- The creation and sacrifice of witches in Classic Maya society / Lisa J. Lucero and Sherry A. Gibbs -- Empowered and disempowered during the Late to Terminal Classic transition / Eleanor Harrison-Buck, Patricia A. McAnany, and Rebecca Storey -- Posthumous body treatments and ritual meaning in the Classic period northern Petén / Cecilia Medina Martín and Mirna Sánchez Vargas -- Human sacrifice in Late Postclassic Maya iconography and texts / Gabrielle Vail and Christine Hernández -- Skeletons, skulls, and bones in the art of Chichén Itzá / Virgina E. Miller -- Sacrifice and ritual body mutilation in Postclassical Maya society / Guillermo de Anda Alanís -- Sacred spaces and human funerary and nonfunerary placements in Champotón, Campeche, during the Postclassic period / Araceli Hurtado Cen ... [et al.] -- Human sacrificial rites among the Maya of Mayapán / Stanley Serafin and Carlos Peraza Lope -- Nutrition, lifestyle, and social status of skeletal remains from nonfunerary and "problematical" contexts / Andrea Cucina and Vera Tiesler -- Victims of sacrifice / T. Douglas Price ... [et al]. -- The bioarchaeology of Maya sacrifice / Jane E. Buikstra. |
| General note | Outgrowth of a symposium held at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in 2005. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006937450 |
| ISBN | 9780387488707 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0387488707 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | F1435.3 .M6 N48 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |