Title Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire : a social bioarchaeology of imperialism in the ancient Andes / Tiffiny A. Tung ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

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Description	1 online resource (xxiv, 244 pages)
Series	Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past : local, regional, and global perspectives
	Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction to Wari -- Bioarchaeology of imperialism and violence -- The Wari empire in the Andean world -- Wari community organization : demography, migration, and mortuary treatment -- Violence and skeletal trauma among Wari communities -- Corporeal icons of Wari imperialism : human trophy heads and their representations -- Conclusions : life and death in the Wari world.
Summary	The Wari Empire thrived in the Peruvian Andes between AD 600 and 1000. This study of human skeletons reveals the biological and social impact of Wari imperialism on people's lives, particularly its effects on community organization and frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects.
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Subject	Huari Indians -- Antiquities.
	Huari Indians -- Funeral customs and rites.
	Social structure -- Peru.
	Human remains (Archaeology) -- Peru.
	Human skeleton -- Analysis.
	Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Peru.
	Social archaeology -- Peru.
	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru.
	Archaeology.
	Paleontology.
	Medicine, Medieval.
	Peru
	archaeology.
	paleontology.
	HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
	Paleontology
	Medicine, Medieval
	Archaeology
	Excavations (Archaeology)
	Huari Indians -- Antiquities
	Human remains (Archaeology)
	Human skeleton -- Analysis
	Imperialism -- Social aspects
	Social archaeology
	Social structure
	Peru https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRwXyDPBcQmWxb7mRpGB
Other Form:	Print version: Tung, Tiffiny A. Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012 9780813037677 (DLC) 2011037498 (OCoLC)711045472
ISBN	9780813040493 (electronic bk.)
	0813040493 (electronic bk.)
	9780813037677
	0813037670
	9780813044736
	0813044731
Standard No.	40020637401

Title Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire : a social bioarchaeology of imperialism in the ancient Andes / Tiffiny A. Tung ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

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