Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership
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Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership by Saburo Sugiyama
Teotihuacan was one of the earliest and more populous preColumbian cities, and the Feathered Serpent was its vital monument, erected circa 200 AD. This work explores the religious meanings and political implications of the pyramid with meticulous and thorough analyses of substantially new excavation data. Challenging the traditional view of the city as a legendary, sacred, or anonymously-governed centre, the book provides significant new insights on the Teotihuacan polity and society. It provides interpretations on the pyramid's location, architecture, sculptures, iconography, mass sacrificial graves and rich symbolic offerings, and concludes that the pyramid commemorated the accession of rulers who were inscribed to govern with military force on behalf of the gods. This archaeological examination of the monument shows it to be the physical manifestation of state ideologies such as the symbolism of human sacrifice, militarism, and individual-centred divine authority, ideologies which were later diffused among other Mesoamerican urban centres.
'This is a remarkable achievement and will be a deeply influential contribution to all future discussions of Teotihuacan' Dr David Freidel, Southern Methodist University
Saburo Sugiyama is a Professor in the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan. He has contributed to a number of edited works on Mesoamerican archaeology including Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice (Blackwell Publishing, 2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521780568 |
| ISBN 10 | 052178056X |
| Titre | Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership |
| Auteur | Saburo Sugiyama |
| Série | New Studies In Archaeology |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Cambridge University Press |
| Année de publication | 2005-03-10 |
| Nombre de pages | 300 |
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