Of summits and sacrifice
Subtitle: an ethnohistoric study of Inka religious practices
By: by Thomas Besom.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292719774
Subjects: Incas -- Rites and ceremonies; Incas -- Antiquities; Human sacrifice -- Peru; Mountains -- Religious aspects; Peru -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ethnohistory and the Inkas; title: Qhapaq Hucha sacrifice; title: Other types of sacrifice; title: Mountain worship; title: Mountain offerings; title: Reasons for worshipping mountains; title: Material correlates of mountain worship; title: Conclusions.