NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SACRIFICE AND RITUAL BODY TREATMENTS IN ANCIENT MAYA SOCIETY by Vera Tiesler (Editor), Andrea Cucina (Editor) ( 9780387095240 )

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Title:

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SACRIFICE AND RITUAL BODY TREATMENTS IN ANCIENT MAYA SOCIETY

By:

Vera Tiesler (Editor), Andrea Cucina (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0387095241

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9780387095240

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Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

1 August, 2008

Edition:

2007 ed.

Series:

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Pages:

319

Description:

This lavishly-illustrated book brings together archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists for a wider exploration into Mayan sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation.

Synopsis:

This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area studied: archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists. This interdisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive perspective on these sites as well as the material culture and biological evidence found there

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X, 319 p.

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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