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020 _a9780826353085
020 _z9780826353078 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aF3429.3.R58+
100 1 _aBesom, Thomas,
_d1960-
245 1 0 _aInka human sacrifice and mountain worship
_h[electronic resource] :
_bstrategies for empire unification /
_cThomas Besom.
260 _aAlbuquerque :
_bUniversity of New Mexico Press,
_cc2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (368 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire"--Provided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aMountains
_xReligious aspects
650 0 _aHuman sacrifice
_zAndes Region.
650 0 _aIncas
_xPolitics and government.
650 0 _aIncas
_xReligion.
650 0 _aIncas
_xRites and ceremonies.
651 0 _aAndes Region
_xAntiquities.
651 0 _aAndes Region
_xReligious aspects.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826353085/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c31907
_d31907