Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire
A Social Bioarchaeology of Imperialism in the Ancient Andes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23399412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T A Tung (0000-0001-9869-3842, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 244 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Violence, ritual, and the Wari empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University Press of Florida (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5744/florida/9780813037677.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4249142402 |
| Open Library | OL25046532M |
| ISBN | 9780813037677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
The Wari Empire was one of the first politically centralized civilizations in the New World, governing various parts of the Peruvian Andes between ad 600 and 1000. This study of human skeletons reveals the biological and social impact of Wari imperialism on people's lives, particularly its effects on community organization and the frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects. The Wari expanded dramatically as a product of its economic and military might. This book reveals that their political and military elites promoted and valorized aggressive actions, such as the abduction of men, women, and children from foreign settlements. Captive men and children were sacrificed, dismembered, and transformed into trophy heads, while non-local women received different treatment relative to the men and children. By inspecting bioarchaeological, isotopic, and ancient DNA data from human skeletons, as well as archaeological data, the book provides an understanding of how Wari imperial policies and practices affected human communities, particularly in terms of age/sex structure, mortuary treatment, use of violence, and ritual processes that involved the manipulation of human bodies.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bioarchaeology · Empire · Ethnology · Geography · Human settlement · Political science · Politics · Trophy · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Law · Race, Genetics, and Society · Analysis · Antiquities · Excavations (Archaeology) · Funeral rites and ceremonies · Huari Indians · Human remains (Archaeology) · Human skeleton · Imperialism · Indians of South America · Medieval History · Paleontology · Peru · rites and ceremonies · Social archaeology · Social aspects · Social structure · South America · South American Indians · Violence
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Violence indicators in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina
Paleopathology and children in the Andes
Muertes violentas en la sociedad Chancay Tardía del sitio arqueológico Las Shicras (Huaral, Lima)
Wari, Geography and Culture of
Commingled Bodies and Mixed and Communal Identities
Wari, Geography and Culture of
Matriarchs and Metopism
Eschewing the Apocalyptic
Bioarchaeology and Kinship
Patterns of War in the Andes from the Archaic to the Late Horizon
A Bioarchaeological and Biogeochemical Study of Warfare and Mobility in Andahuaylas, Peru (ca. ad 1160–1260)
Local Food, Interregional Rituals
Vital Data
Climate Change and El Niño Events in the Ancient Andes
Contexts, Needs, and Social Messaging
Intersectionality and Gender in Archaeology
Non-Local Enemies or Local Subjects of Violence
Wari
Depressed skull fracture at Pacopampa in the Peru’s northern highlands in the Late Cajamarca Period
The Tiwanaku Camelid Sacrificer
Exploring imperial expansion using an isotopic analysis of paleodietary and paleomobility indicators in Chachapoyas, Peru
Human-Camelid Interactions in the Wari Hinterlands
Doing biocultural anthropology
Engaging bodies in the public imagination
A 2500-year historical ecology of agricultural production under empire in Dhiban, Jordan
Pampa La Cruz
The Wari feathered panels from Corral Redondo, Churunga Valley
Mortuary Practices Amid Sociopolitical Changes
Celebrating Cleft Lip? Osteological and Artistic Evidence of Lip Deformity in a Trophy Head Individual from Southern Peru
Illomas
The character of conflict
Investigating regional mobility in the southern hinterland of the Wari empire
Intersectionality and trauma analysis in bioarchaeology
Trepanation in South‐Central Peru during the early late intermediate period (ca. AD 1000–1250)
Investigating human responses to political and environmental change through paleodiet and paleomobility
Stable isotope analysis of a pre‐Hispanic Andean community
Bioarchaeology in the ancient N ear E ast
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community
Bioarchaeology in perspective
Wari Monumental Architecture
Just scratching the surface
The influence of Amazonia on state formation in the ancient Andes
Considering Imperial Complexity in Prehistory
Ayllus, Ancestors and the (Un)Making of the Wari State
Empires reconsidered
Patterns of camelid management in Wari Empire reconstructed using multiple stable isotope analysis
Imperial Policies and Well-Being in the Prehistoric Andes
The largest headhunting event in prehistoric Asia
Beyond exotic goods
The embodiment of colonial strategy
Violence and Trophy Taking
A Case of Foot Amputation from the Wari Imperial Tomb at Castillo de Huarmey, Peru
Trauma in the Titicaca Basin, Bolivia (AD 1000-1450)
Bioarchaeology of social transition
The impact of the Inca Empire in Northwest Argentina
Nonsacrificial violence at the Huacas de Moche, north coastal Peru
Obsidian Procurement and Exchange at the Apogee of Empire
The Impact of Coastal-Highland Interactions and Population Movements on the Development and Collapse of Complex Societies in Nasca, Peru (AD 500-1450)
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
Ancient pathways and geoglyphs in the Sihuas Valley of southern Peru
Shifting Local, Regional, and Interregional Relations in Middle Horizon Peru
Early imperialism in the Andes
Recent Research on the Archaeology of War and Violence
Steering Clear of the Dead
Cry Havoc
| Unique citing works | 66 |
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| Citations per year | 4,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 62 |