Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership : Materialization of State Ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan (New Studies in Archaeology)
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Review
'This is a remarkable achievement and will be a deeply influential contribution to all future discussions of Teotihuacan.' Dr David Freidel, Southern Methodist University
Book Description
Teotihuacan was the largest urban center in the New World in the first two centuries AD, and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid was a spectacular symbol of state power. Saburo Sugiyama investigates the ritual sacrifice of some 200 men and women that marked the erection of the Pyramid in this volume, the first substantial archaeological analysis of the political institutions of Teotihuacan based on stratigraphically recorded evidence. In the process, he illuminates our understanding of urbanization, the ritual behavior of elites, and the role of warfare and sacrifice in early Teotihuacan statecraft.
Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership : Materialization of State Ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan (New Studies in Archaeology)
Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership: Materialization of State Ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan (New Studies in Archaeology),Saburo Sugiyama,Colin Renfrew,Wendy Ashmore,Clive Gamble,John O'Shea,Cambridge University Press,052178056X,Archaeology,Archaeology / Anthropology,History,History: World,Indians of Mexico,Latin America - Mexico,Mexico,Military,Military - General,Politics and government,Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity),Rites and ceremonies,San Juan Teotihuacan,San Juan Teotihuacâan,Teotihuacan Site (San Juan Te,Central American & Caribbean archaeology,Social Science / Archaeology
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