Living and working among the Tz'utujil Maya people of Santiago Atitlán in highland Guatemala for some fifteen years, Vincent Stanzione has observed, photograph

This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area stud

In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society.

What is sacrifice? How can we identify it in the archaeological record? And what does it tell us about the societies that practice it? Sacred Killing: The Archa

This compelling book argues that American patriotism is a civil religion of blood sacrifice, which periodically kills its children to keep the group together. T