Chapter seven Human Sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap Archaeological Complex: Traditions and Transformations of Ritual Violence Under Chimú and Inka Rule

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface and acknowledgments xv
5. Chapter one Ritual Violence on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives and Prospects in the Archaeology of Ancient Andean Sacrifice 1
6. Part one Ancient Ritual Variation and Methodological Advances in Studies of Sacrifice
7. Chapter two Ritual Killing, Mutilation, and Dismemberment at Huaca de la Luna: Sharp Force Trauma Among Moche Sacrifice Victims in Plazas 3A and 3C 29
8. Chapter Three The Taphonomy of Ritual Killing on the North Coast of Peru: Perspectives from Huaca de la Luna and Pacatnamú 64
9. chapter four Ritual Strangulation in the Southern Moche World: Mortuary Ligatures as Tools of Liturgical Violation 97
10. Chapter five Bodies and Blood: Middle Sicán Human Sacrifice in the Lambayeque Valley Complex (AD 900–1100) 120
11. Chapter six Precious Gifts: Mortuary Patterns and the Shift from Animal to Human Sacrifice at Santa Rita B in the Middle Chao Valley, Peru 150
12. Chapter seven Human Sacrifice at the Chotuna-Chornancap Archaeological Complex: Traditions and Transformations of Ritual Violence Under Chimú and Inka Rule 178
13. Part two Ancient Identities, Ambiguous Deaths, and Complex Burials
14. Chapter eight Life Before Death: A Paleopathological Examination of Human Sacrifice at the Templo de la Piedra Sagrada, Túcume, Peru 215
15. Chapter nine The Killing of Captives on the North Coast of Peru in Pre-Hispanic Times: Iconographic and Bioarchaeological Evidence 244
16. chapter ten 266 Reconsidering Retainers: Identity, Death, and Sacrifice in High-Status Funerary Contexts on the North Coast of Peru 266
17. Chapter eleven Human Sacrifice: A View from San José de Moro 291
18. Part three Continuums of Killing: Sacrifice of Animals and Objects
19. Chapter twelve Life Histories of Sacrificed Camelids from Huancaco (Virú Valley) 319
20. Chapter thirteen Posts and Pots: Propitiatory Ritual at Huaca Santa Clara in the Virú Valley, 342
21. Part four Perspectives from Beyond the North Coast of Peru
22. Chapter fourteen Practicing and Performing Sacrifice 361
23. Chapter fifteen Mesoamerican Perspectives on the (Bio)archaeology of Andean Ritual Violence 371
24. Reference list 381
25. Index 451