Warfare in cultural context : practice, agency, and the archaeology of violence

Weitere Verfasser: Nielsen, Axel E. , [HerausgeberIn]
Walker, William H., 1964- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2013.
Ausgabe: First issued as paperback edition 2013.
Umfang/Format: vi, 328 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Amerind studies in anthropology v. 3
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : the archaeology of war in practice /
  • Axel E. Nielsen and William H. Walker
  • Variation in the practice of prehispanic warfare on the north coast of Peru /
  • Theresa Lange Topic and John R. Topic
  • Culture and practice of war in Maya society /
  • Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan
  • War Is shell : the ideology and embodiment of Mississippian conflict /
  • Charles R. Cobb and Bretton Giles
  • Warfare and the practice of supernatural agents /
  • William H. Walker
  • Warfare in precolonial central Amazonia : when Carneiro meets Clastres /
  • Eduardo Góes Neves
  • Warfare and political complexity in an egalitarian society : an ethnohistorical example /
  • Polly Wiessner
  • Warfare, space, and identity in the south-central Andes : constraints and choices /
  • Elizabeth Arkush
  • Ancestors at war : meaningful conflict and social process in the south Andes /
  • Axel E. Nielsen
  • Wars, rumors of wars, and the production of violence /
  • Timothy R. Pauketat.