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Procedures in Human Heart Extraction and Ritual Meaning: A Taphonomic Assessment of Anthropogenic Marks in Classic Maya Skeletons

Tiesler, Vera ; Cucina, Andrea

Latin American antiquity, 2006-12, Vol.17 (4), p.493-510 [Periódico revisado por pares]

New York, US: Cambridge University Press

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  • Título:
    Procedures in Human Heart Extraction and Ritual Meaning: A Taphonomic Assessment of Anthropogenic Marks in Classic Maya Skeletons
  • Autor: Tiesler, Vera ; Cucina, Andrea
  • Assuntos: Bones ; Burial ; Cardiac surgical procedures ; Funerary rituals ; Human sacrifice ; Human skeleton ; Lesions ; Methods ; Religious rituals ; Ribs ; Rites, ceremonies and celebrations ; Skeleton ; Social aspects ; Spine ; Taphonomy ; Tombs
  • É parte de: Latin American antiquity, 2006-12, Vol.17 (4), p.493-510
  • Descrição: The present study reports on the cultural marks encountered in three (possibly four) skeletons retrieved from primary deposits of the Maya Classic period at Palenque, Calakmul, and Becán, Mexico. We propose that the patterns of cut and stab lesions encountered in the trunks of these individuals stem from perimortem violence that accompanied heart removal from below the rib cage rather than from postmortem evisceration. We confirm the feasibility of this procedure by experimental replication in modern corpses. The interpretation of those procedures synthesizes information obtained from osteological, archaeological, and iconographic sources and leads to a broader discussion concerning the techniques, impact, and meanings of human heart sacrifice and associated body manipulations in Classic period Maya society. Methodologically, we conclude that direct skeletal evidence of heart sacrifice can be rare, imposing a cautionary caveat on the current discussion of mortuary remains in the Maya area.
  • Editor: New York, US: Cambridge University Press
  • Idioma: Inglês
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