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An archaeological perspective on ritual, religion, and ideology from American Antiquity and Latin American Antiquity / compiled by Gordon Rakita & Jane Buikstra

This collection explores archaeological perspectives on ritual, religion, and ideology in the Americas. It examines mortuary practices, cosmology, and the organisation of ceremonial space through case studies from Mesoamerican, Caribbean, and North American cultures.

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