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245	1	0	_aNew Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society _h[electronic resource] / _cedited by Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York : _bImprint: Springer, _c2007.
300			_aX, 319 p. _bonline resource.
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aInterdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, _x1568-2722
505	0		_aNew Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Postsacrificial Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society: An Introduction -- Funerary or Nonfunerary? New References in Identifying Ancient Maya Sacrificial and Postsacrificial Behaviors from Human Assemblages -- The Creation and Sacrifice of Witches in Classic Maya Society -- Empowered and Disempowered During the Late to Terminal Classic Transition: Maya Burial and Termination Rituals in the Sibun Valley, Belize -- Posthumous Body Treatments and Ritual Meaning in the Classic Period Northern Petén: A Taphonomic Approach -- Human Sacrifice in Late Postclassic Maya Iconography and Texts -- Skeletons, Skulls, and Bones in the Art of Chichén Itzá -- Sacrifice and Ritual Body Mutilation in Postclassical Maya Society: Taphonomy of the Human Remains from Chichén Itzá's Cenote Sagrado -- Sacred Spaces and Human Funerary and Nonfunerary Placements in Champotón, Campeche, During the Postclassic Period -- Human Sacrificial Rites Among the Maya of Mayapán: A Bioarchaeological Perspective -- Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Social Status of Skeletal Remains from Nonfunerary and “Problematical” Contexts -- Victims of Sacrifice: Isotopic Evidence for Place of Origin -- The Bioarchaeology of Maya Sacrifice.
520			_aHuman sacrifice among the ancient Maya is a topic of widespread interest. It has triggered awe and romanticism in the general public, which often leads to unfounded myths misjudgments. This book dispels those myths by bringing together an international group of both well-established scholars and accredited young experts in the field to provide a fresh, objective look at ritual violence in the Mayan realm from an academic perspective. These experts offer examine new evidence of of human sacrifice in Classic and Postclassic period sites like Calakmul and the Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itz, as well as cave contexts from Belize. The contributions analyze meanings, agents, occasions, and sacrificial procedures, along with post-sacrificial body processing. They address questions about the recognition and interpretation of ancient Mayan sacrificial behavior with a multidisciplinary approach. Generalized issues of provenance and the social and health status of sacrificial victims are presented, as well as a joint discussion that gives the work an updated, Continental scope. This will be of interest to students studying Mayan and Mesoamerican culture as well as those interested in bioarchaeology and human sacrifice.
650		0	_aSocial sciences.
650		0	_aReligion.
650		0	_aHistory.
650		0	_aArchaeology.
650	1	4	_aSocial Sciences.
650	2	4	_aArchaeology.
650	2	4	_aReligious Studies, general.
650	2	4	_aHistory, general.
700	1		_aTiesler, Vera. _eeditor.
700	1		_aCucina, Andrea. _eeditor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9780387095240
830		0	_aInterdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, _x1568-2722
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48871-4
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