Elizabeth P. Benson is a Research Associate of the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley. Anita G. Cook is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Catholic University of America.

"This is indeed a significant contribution that contains an immense amount of new evidence... The authors offer plentiful support for the view that human sacrifice is a very ancient and important, though shocking, Andean tradition." -William J Conklin, Research Associate for the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., the Field Museum, Chicago, and the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley

• Preface and Acknowledgments (Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook) Chapter 1. Why Sacrifice? (Elizabeth P. Benson) Chapter 2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies (Alana Cordy-Collins) Chapter 3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony (Alana Cordy-Collins) Chapter 4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries (Mary Frame) Chapter 5. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru (Steve Bourget) Chapter 6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society (Donald A. Proulx) Chapter 7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership (Anita G. Cook) Chapter 8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru (John W. Verano) Bibliography Index

Elizabeth P. Benson is a Research Associate of the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley. Anita G. Cook is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Catholic University of America.

"This is indeed a significant contribution that contains an immense amount of new evidence... The authors offer plentiful support for the view that human sacrifice is a very ancient and important, though shocking, Andean tradition." -William J Conklin, Research Associate for the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., the Field Museum, Chicago, and the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley

• Preface and Acknowledgments (Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook) Chapter 1. Why Sacrifice? (Elizabeth P. Benson) Chapter 2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies (Alana Cordy-Collins) Chapter 3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony (Alana Cordy-Collins) Chapter 4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries (Mary Frame) Chapter 5. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru (Steve Bourget) Chapter 6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society (Donald A. Proulx) Chapter 7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership (Anita G. Cook) Chapter 8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru (John W. Verano) Bibliography Index

Elizabeth P. Benson is a Research Associate of the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley. Anita G. Cook is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Catholic University of America.

"This is indeed a significant contribution that contains an immense amount of new evidence... The authors offer plentiful support for the view that human sacrifice is a very ancient and important, though shocking, Andean tradition." -William J Conklin, Research Associate for the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., the Field Museum, Chicago, and the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley

• Preface and Acknowledgments (Elizabeth P. Benson and Anita G. Cook) Chapter 1. Why Sacrifice? (Elizabeth P. Benson) Chapter 2. Decapitation in Cupisnique and Early Moche Societies (Alana Cordy-Collins) Chapter 3. Blood and the Moon Priestesses: Spondylus Shells in Moche Ceremony (Alana Cordy-Collins) Chapter 4. Blood, Fertility, and Transformation: Interwoven Themes in the Paracas Necropolis Embroideries (Mary Frame) Chapter 5. Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru (Steve Bourget) Chapter 6. Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society (Donald A. Proulx) Chapter 7. Huari D-Shaped Structures, Sacrificial Offerings, and Divine Rulership (Anita G. Cook) Chapter 8. The Physical Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Peru (John W. Verano) Bibliography Index