{"product_id":"latin-american-indigenous-warfare-and-richard-j-chacon-9780816540099","title":"Latin American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence","description":"This groundbreaking multidisciplinary book presents significant essays on historical indigenous violence in Latin America from Tierra del Fuego to central Mexico. The collection explores those uniquely human motivations and environmental variables that have led to the native peoples of Latin America engaging in warfare and ritual violence since antiquity. Based on an American Anthropological Association symposium, this book collects twelve contributions from sixteen authors, all of whom are scholars at the forefront of their fields of study. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All of the chapters advance our knowledge of the causes, extent, and consequences of indigenous violence--including ritualized violence--in Latin America. Each major historical\/cultural group in Latin America is addressed by at least one contributor. Incorporating the results of dozens of years of research, this volume documents evidence of warfare, violent conflict, and human sacrifice from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, including incidents that occurred before European contact. Together the chapters present a convincing argument that warfare and ritual violence have been woven into the fabric of life in Latin America since remote antiquity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the first time, expert subject-area work on indigenous violence--archaeological, osteological, ethnographic, historical, and forensic--has been assembled in one volume. Much of this work has heretofore been dispersed across various countries and languages. With its collection into one English-language volume, all future writers--regardless of their discipline or point of view--will have a source to consult for further research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Richard J. Chacon and Rub n G. Mendoza \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. Status Rivalry and Warfare in the Development and Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization \u003cbr\u003e Matt O'Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2. Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual Violence \u003cbr\u003e Rub n G. Mendoza \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 3. Territorial Expansion and Primary State Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico \u003cbr\u003e Charles S. Spencer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 4. Images of Violence in Mesoamerican Mural Art \u003cbr\u003e Donald McVicker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 5. Circum-Caribbean Chiefly Warfare \u003cbr\u003e Elsa M. Redmond \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 6. Conflict and Conquest in Pre-Hispanic Andean South America: Archaeological Evidence from Northern Coastal Peru \u003cbr\u003e John W. Verano \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 7. The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the Earth \u003cbr\u003e Richard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 8. Upper Amazonian Warfare \u003cbr\u003e Stephen Beckerman and James Yost \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 9. Complexity and Causality in Tupinamb  Warfare \u003cbr\u003e William Bal e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 10. Hunter-Gatherers' Aboriginal Warfare in Western Chaco \u003cbr\u003e Marcela Mendoza \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 11. The Struggle for Social Life in Fuego-Patagonia \u003cbr\u003e Alfredo Prieto and Rodrigo C rdenas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 12. Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence in Latin America \u003cbr\u003e Richard J. Chacon and Rub n G. Mendoza \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard J. Chacon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816540098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816540099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Richard J. Chacon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190578934015,"sku":"9780816540099","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0753bae-2acc-4ccc-9697-63e844ff8293.jpg?v=1690871281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/latin-american-indigenous-warfare-and-richard-j-chacon-9780816540099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}