TY - GEN T1 - Inka human sacrifice and mountain worship : strategies for empire unification A1 - Besom, Thomas, 1960- LA - English PP - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn842262262 AB - In this study, the author explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power within the Inka empire. -- Provided by publisher. OP - 309 CN - F3429.3.R58 B46 2013eb SN - 9780826353085 SN - 0826353088 SN - 1299475450 SN - 9781299475458 SN - 9780826353078 SN - 082635307X KW - Incas : Rites and ceremonies. KW - Incas : Religion. KW - Incas : Politics and government. KW - Human sacrifice : Andes Region. KW - Andes Region : Religious aspects. KW - Mountains : Religious aspects. KW - Andes Region : Antiquities. KW - Incas : Rites et cérémonies. KW - Montagnes : Aspect religieux. KW - RELIGION : Ethnic & Tribal. KW - Antiquities KW - Human sacrifice KW - Incas : Politics and government KW - Incas : Religion KW - Incas : Rites and ceremonies KW - Mountains : Religious aspects KW - War : Religious aspects KW - Andes Region ER -