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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankNewStudiesinArchaeologyHumanSacrifice,Militarism,andRulershipTeotihuacanwasoneoftheearliestandmorepopulouspre-Columbiancities,andtheFeath-eredSerpentwasitsvitalmonument,erectedcircaAD200.Thisworkexploresthereligiousmeaningsandpoliticalimplicationsoft
2、hepyramidwithmeticulousandthoroughanalysesofsubstantiallynewexcavationdata.Challengingthetraditionalviewofthecityasalegendary,sacred,oranonymouslygovernedcenter,thebookprovidessignificantnewinsightsintotheTeotihuacanpolityandsociety.Itprovidesinterpretationsofthepyramid’slocation
3、,architec-ture,sculptures,iconography,masssacrificialgraves,andrichsymbolicofferings,andcon-cludesthatthepyramidcommemoratedtheaccessionofrulerswhowereinscribedtogovernwithmilitaryforceonbehalfofthegods.Thisarchaeologicalexaminationofthemonu-mentshowsittobethephysicalmanifestatio
4、nofstateideologiessuchasthesymbolismofhumansacrifice,militarism,andindividual-centereddivineauthority,ideologiesthatwerelaterdiffusedamongotherMesoamericanurbancenters.SABUROSUGIYAMAisaProfessorintheGraduateSchoolofInternationalCulturalStudies,AichiPrefecturalUniversity,Japananda
5、part-timememberoftheresearchfacultyattheArizonaStateUniversity.HehascontributedtoanumberofeditedworksonMesoamericanarchaeologyincludingMesoamericanArchaeology:TheoryandPractice(2003).NEWSTUDIESINARCHAEOLOGYSerieseditorsWendyAshmore,UniversityofCalifornia,RiversideCliveGamble,Uni
6、versityofSouthamptonJohnO’Shea,UniversityofMichiganColinRenfrew,UniversityofCambridgeArchaeologyhasmadeenormousadvancesrecently,bothinthevolumeofdiscoveriesandinitscharacterasanintellectualdiscipline:newtechniqueshavehelpedtofurthertherangeandrigourofinquiry,andhaveencouragedint
7、er-disciplinarycommunication.Theaimofthisseriesistomakeavailabletoawideraudiencetheresultsofthesedevelopments.Thecoverageisworldwideandextendsfromtheearliesthuntingandgatheringsocietiestohistoricalarchaeology.Foralistoftitlesintheseriespleaseseetheendofthebook.SABUROSUGIYAMAHuma
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