MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02339cam a22003738a 4500
001 2009021578
003 DLC
005 20100219083318.0
008 090527s2009 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009021578
020 $a9781931745802 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781931745253 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-mx---$anc-----
050 00 $aF1219.3.R56$bB55 2009
082 00 $a930.1$222
245 00 $aBlood and beauty :$borganized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America /$cedited by Heather Orr and Rex Koontz.
260 $aLos Angeles :$bCotsen Institute of Archaeology Press,$c2009.
263 $a0908
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aIdeas, debates and perspectives ;$vv. 4
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aReconsidering 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.
650 0 $aIndians of Mexico$xRites and ceremonies.
650 0 $aIndians of Central America$xRites and ceremonies.
650 0 $aViolence$zMexico.
650 0 $aViolence$zCentral America.
650 0 $aViolence in art.
650 0 $aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aIndians of Central America$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aSocial archaeology$zMexico.
650 0 $aSocial archaeology$zCentral America.
700 1 $aOrr, Heather S.
700 1 $aKoontz, Rex.