Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Why Sacrifice? 1
5. 2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies 21
6. 3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony 35
7. 4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries 55
8. 9. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru 93
9. 6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society 119
10. 7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership 137
11. 8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru 165
12. Bibliography 185
13. Index 205