Human sacrifice, militarism, and rulership materialization of state ideology at the feathered serpent pyramid, Teotihuacan
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.
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| Language: | eng |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press
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| Subjects: | Arqueología, Sacrificios humanos, Ritos y ceremonias, Restos arqueológicos, Política pública, |
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