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Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices

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In possibly as few as one hundred years, the Inka Empire turned into the largest state ever formed by a native people anywhere within the Americas, dominating the western coast of South The united states by the early sixteenth century. Since the Inkas had no system of writing, it used to be left to Spanish and semi-indigenous authors to record the main points of the religious rituals that the Inkas believed were important for consolidating their conquests. Synthesizing these arresting accounts that span three centuries, Thomas Besom presents a wealth of descriptive data at the Inka practices of human sacrifice and mountain worship, supplemented by archaeological evidence.

Of Summits and Sacrifice offers insight into the symbolic connections between landscape and life that underlay Inka religious beliefs. In vivid prose, Besom links significant details, ranging from the reasons for cyclical sacrificial rites to the sorts of mountain deities, producing a uniquely powerful cultural history.

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