Title:	New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society
Authors:	Tiesler, Vera
Keywords:	Maya Society
Issue Date:	2008
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	Our interest in sacrifice and sacrificial behavior received a boost in June 2001, during a visit to Professor Arturo Romano’s lab in Mexico City. There we were to examine the remains of a female Maya dignitary from the ancient Maya city of Palenque, Chiapas, called the “Red Queen.” The remains of the noble woman and her two companions had been discovered by archaeologists of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) 7 years earlier inside a sacrophagus tomb next to the Temple of the Inscriptions and now rested in the renowned anthropologist’s lab. Upon assessing the skeletons of the Red Queen’s attendants, we soon came across unmistakable and undeniable cut and stabmarks
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/15379
ISBN:	New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society
Appears in Collections:	Archeology and Heritage Management

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