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Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire: A Social Bioarchaeology of Imperialism in the Ancient Andes (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, & Global Persp... (Paperback))
Tiffiny A. Tung
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paperback. 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 organisation and frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
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 organisation and frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects.
The Wari state was one of the first politically centralised civilisations in the New World that expanded dramatically as a product of its economic and military might. Tiffiny Tung reveals that Wari political and military elites promoted and valorised aggressive actions, such as the abduction of men, women, and children from foreign settlements. ... Read more
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 organisation and frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects.
The Wari state was one of the first politically centralised civilisations in the New World that expanded dramatically as a product of its economic and military might. Tiffiny Tung reveals that Wari political and military elites promoted and valorised aggressive actions, such as the abduction of men, women, and children from foreign settlements. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813044736
SKU
V9780813044736
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About Tiffiny A. Tung
Tiffiny A. Tung is associate professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University, USA.
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