An edition of Blood and beauty (2009)

Blood and beauty

organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America

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An edition of Blood and beauty (2009)

Blood and beauty

organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America

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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Language
English
Pages
400

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Subjects

Violence in art, Indians of Mexico, Indians of Central America, Violence, Antiquities, Rites and ceremonies, Social archaeology

Places

Central America, Mexico
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Cover of: Blood and beauty
Blood and beauty: organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
2009, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
in English
Cover of: Blood and beauty
Blood and beauty: organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
2009, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Reconsidering warfare in formative period Oaxaca / Andrew Workinger and Arthur 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
Competition as a political tool / Adriana Agüero and Annick Daneels
Games, courts and players at Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala / Oswaldo Chinchilla
American gladiators : ritual boxing in ancient Mesoamerica / Karl Taube and Marc Zender
Heads of flesh and stone / Jane Day
Rolling heads : the Diquis stone balls and trophy head taking in ancient Costa Rica / Heather Orr
Pretium dolores, or, The value of pain in Mesoamerica / Claude Baudez
Violent acts of curing : precolumbian metaphors of birth and sacrifice in the diagnosis and treatment of illness "writ large" / John Hoopes and David Mora-Marín
To boast in our sufferings : the problem of pain in ancient Mesoamerica / Stephen Houston.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Los Angeles
Series
Ideas, debates and perspectives -- v. 4

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Dewey Decimal Class
930.1
Library of Congress
F1219.3.R56 B55 2009, F1219.3.R56 B57 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
400

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OL24060152M
ISBN 13
9781931745802, 9781931745253
LCCN
2009021578
OCLC/WorldCat
320802559

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