Richard J. Chacon is an assistant professor of anthropology at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork among the indigenous peoples of Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador.Rubén G. Mendoza is a professor of social and behavioral sciences at California State University, Monterey Bay, where he founded and directs the Institute for Archaeological Science, Technology, and Visualization. A widely published author, he is also a past president of the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists.

No single book has attempted to integrate so many examples from such a large area in such a systematic fashion. It synthesizes into a coherent whole a great deal of information that has been quite diffuse. All of the interpretations seem cogent, credible, and compelling. I see this as a useful and convenient source of information and ideas for many years to come."—Jeffrey R. Parsons

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionRichard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza1. Status Rivalry and Warfare in the Development and Collapse of Classic Maya CivilizationMatt O’Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest2. Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual ViolenceRubén G. Mendoza3. Territorial Expansion and Primary State Formation in Oaxaca, MexicoCharles S. Spencer4. Images of Violence in Mesoamerican Mural ArtDonald McVicker5. Circum-Caribbean Chiefly WarfareElsa M. Redmond6. Conflict and Conquest in Pre-Hispanic Andean South America: Archaeological Evidence from Northern Coastal PeruJohn W. Verano7. The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the EarthRichard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango8. Upper Amazonian WarfareStephen Beckerman and James Yost9. Complexity and Causality in Tupinambá WarfareWilliam Balée10. Hunter-Gatherers’ Aboriginal Warfare in Western ChacoMarcela Mendoza11. The Struggle for Social Life in Fuego-PatagoniaAlfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas12. Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence in Latin AmericaRichard J. Chacon and Rubén G. MendozaReferencesAbout the ContributorsIndex

Richard J. Chacon is an assistant professor of anthropology at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork among the indigenous peoples of Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador.Rubén G. Mendoza is a professor of social and behavioral sciences at California State University, Monterey Bay, where he founded and directs the Institute for Archaeological Science, Technology, and Visualization. A widely published author, he is also a past president of the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists.

No single book has attempted to integrate so many examples from such a large area in such a systematic fashion. It synthesizes into a coherent whole a great deal of information that has been quite diffuse. All of the interpretations seem cogent, credible, and compelling. I see this as a useful and convenient source of information and ideas for many years to come."—Jeffrey R. Parsons

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionRichard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza1. Status Rivalry and Warfare in the Development and Collapse of Classic Maya CivilizationMatt O’Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest2. Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual ViolenceRubén G. Mendoza3. Territorial Expansion and Primary State Formation in Oaxaca, MexicoCharles S. Spencer4. Images of Violence in Mesoamerican Mural ArtDonald McVicker5. Circum-Caribbean Chiefly WarfareElsa M. Redmond6. Conflict and Conquest in Pre-Hispanic Andean South America: Archaeological Evidence from Northern Coastal PeruJohn W. Verano7. The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the EarthRichard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango8. Upper Amazonian WarfareStephen Beckerman and James Yost9. Complexity and Causality in Tupinambá WarfareWilliam Balée10. Hunter-Gatherers’ Aboriginal Warfare in Western ChacoMarcela Mendoza11. The Struggle for Social Life in Fuego-PatagoniaAlfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas12. Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence in Latin AmericaRichard J. Chacon and Rubén G. MendozaReferencesAbout the ContributorsIndex

Richard J. Chacon is an assistant professor of anthropology at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork among the indigenous peoples of Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador.Rubén G. Mendoza is a professor of social and behavioral sciences at California State University, Monterey Bay, where he founded and directs the Institute for Archaeological Science, Technology, and Visualization. A widely published author, he is also a past president of the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists.

No single book has attempted to integrate so many examples from such a large area in such a systematic fashion. It synthesizes into a coherent whole a great deal of information that has been quite diffuse. All of the interpretations seem cogent, credible, and compelling. I see this as a useful and convenient source of information and ideas for many years to come."—Jeffrey R. Parsons

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionRichard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza1. Status Rivalry and Warfare in the Development and Collapse of Classic Maya CivilizationMatt O’Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest2. Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual ViolenceRubén G. Mendoza3. Territorial Expansion and Primary State Formation in Oaxaca, MexicoCharles S. Spencer4. Images of Violence in Mesoamerican Mural ArtDonald McVicker5. Circum-Caribbean Chiefly WarfareElsa M. Redmond6. Conflict and Conquest in Pre-Hispanic Andean South America: Archaeological Evidence from Northern Coastal PeruJohn W. Verano7. The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the EarthRichard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango8. Upper Amazonian WarfareStephen Beckerman and James Yost9. Complexity and Causality in Tupinambá WarfareWilliam Balée10. Hunter-Gatherers’ Aboriginal Warfare in Western ChacoMarcela Mendoza11. The Struggle for Social Life in Fuego-PatagoniaAlfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas12. Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence in Latin AmericaRichard J. Chacon and Rubén G. MendozaReferencesAbout the ContributorsIndex