Blood and beauty : organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America / edited by Heather Orr and Rex Koontz.

Other author Orr, Heather S.
Other author Koontz, Rex.
Format Book
Publication Info[Los Angeles, CA] : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxviii, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIdeas, debates and perspectives ; v. 4
Ideas, debates, and perspectives ; v. 4. ^A1169455
Contents Reconsidering warfare in formative period Oaxaca / Andrew Workinger and Arthur A. Joyce -- Warrior queens among the classic Maya / Kathryn Reese-Taylor ... [et al.] -- Investiture and violence at El Tajín and Cacaxtla / Rex Koontz -- Human sacrifice in the iconography of Veracruz ballgame sculptures / John Scott -- Playing ball : competition as a political tool / Adriana Agüero and Annick Daneels -- Games, courts and players at Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala / Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos -- American gladiators : ritual boxing in ancient Mesoamerica / Karl Taube and Marc Zender -- Heads of flesh and stone / Jane Stevenson Day -- Rolling heads : the Diquís stone balls and trophy-head taking in ancient Costa Rica / Heather Orr -- Pretium dolores, or The value of pain in Mesoamerica / Claude-François Baudez -- Violent acts of curing : pre-Columbian metaphors of birth and sacrifice in the diagnosis and treatment of illness "writ large" / John W. Hoopes and David Mora-Marín -- To boast in our sufferings : the problem of pain in ancient Mesoamerica / Stephen Houston.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009021578
ISBN9781931745802 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1931745803 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781931745253 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1931745250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Joyner General Stacks F1219.3.R56 B57 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold