Of Summits and Sacrifice offers insight into the symbolic connections between landscape and life that underlay Inka religious beliefs. In vivid prose, Besom links significant details, ranging from the reasons for cyclical sacrificial rites to the varieties of mountain deities, producing a uniquely powerful cultural history.
Of Summits and Sacrifice offers insight into the symbolic connections between landscape and life that underlay Inka religious beliefs. In vivid prose, Besom links significant details, ranging from the reasons for cyclical sacrificial rites to the varieties of mountain deities, producing a uniquely powerful cultural history.
Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices
244Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices
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ISBN-13: | 9780292725720 |
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Publisher: | University of Texas Press |
Publication date: | 11/01/2009 |
Pages: | 244 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.91(d) |