The present study provides a new osteological model for the procedures employed in human heart sacrifice and associated body treatments among the Classic Maya. It is based on a set of ritual steps, which make up the practice and the consequent osteo-taphonomic signature. The model is employed in the interpretation of cultural marks encountered in four skeletons from Palenque, Calakmul and Becán, México. The reconstruction of the involved procedures is confronted with information obtained from osteo-archaeological, ethnohistorical and iconographic sources, leading to a broader discussion concerning techniques, visual effects and meaning of human heart extraction in ancient Maya society. Heart removal formed part of a broader set of concerted...
This article aims to understand the warrior symbolism of human sacrifices during the post-classic pe...
Bioarchaeological analysis can help identify patterns of mortuary ritual and social experience of an...
Mesoamerican religion from the perspective of conquistadors (Human sacrifice as observed by Spanish ...
Human sacrifice was a common phenomenon in many cultures of the New World. The evidence of these rit...
This master's thesis deals with sacrifice by decapitation. Its goal is to describe systematicaly thi...
International audience"This study reports a detailed analysis of artificial modifications observed o...
The underground spaces played an important role in the Spiritual World of the ancient Maya, which wa...
During prehispanic times (1250 B.P. - 1521 A.D), Mesoamerica was the most powerful nation in the ent...
s tudents of ancient Mexican religion have long rec- ognized that the offering of human blood to god...
Bibliography: pages [101]-107.In this thesis, I will examine the role of Maya religion, evidence for...
In many indigenous hunting societies, we observe the presence of the taboo that prohibits burning th...
El objetivo de presente trabajo fin de máster es acercarnos a la cultura maya con el fin de determin...
In this paper I demonstrate the validity of indirect methods of identifying human sacrificial victim...
This article puts together studies on sacrificial rites and reflections upon the expressive power an...
Human cannibalism is a behavior documented as far back as the Lower Paleolithic, but during the Neol...
This article aims to understand the warrior symbolism of human sacrifices during the post-classic pe...
Bioarchaeological analysis can help identify patterns of mortuary ritual and social experience of an...
Mesoamerican religion from the perspective of conquistadors (Human sacrifice as observed by Spanish ...
Human sacrifice was a common phenomenon in many cultures of the New World. The evidence of these rit...
This master's thesis deals with sacrifice by decapitation. Its goal is to describe systematicaly thi...
International audience"This study reports a detailed analysis of artificial modifications observed o...
The underground spaces played an important role in the Spiritual World of the ancient Maya, which wa...
During prehispanic times (1250 B.P. - 1521 A.D), Mesoamerica was the most powerful nation in the ent...
s tudents of ancient Mexican religion have long rec- ognized that the offering of human blood to god...
Bibliography: pages [101]-107.In this thesis, I will examine the role of Maya religion, evidence for...
In many indigenous hunting societies, we observe the presence of the taboo that prohibits burning th...
El objetivo de presente trabajo fin de máster es acercarnos a la cultura maya con el fin de determin...
In this paper I demonstrate the validity of indirect methods of identifying human sacrificial victim...
This article puts together studies on sacrificial rites and reflections upon the expressive power an...
Human cannibalism is a behavior documented as far back as the Lower Paleolithic, but during the Neol...
This article aims to understand the warrior symbolism of human sacrifices during the post-classic pe...
Bioarchaeological analysis can help identify patterns of mortuary ritual and social experience of an...
Mesoamerican religion from the perspective of conquistadors (Human sacrifice as observed by Spanish ...