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John W Verano - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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life history and origin of the camelids provisioning a Mass Killing sacrifice during the chimu period insight from stable isotopes
Environmental Archaeology, 2020Co-Authors: Elise Dufour, Gabriel Prieto, Nicolas Goepfert, Manon Le Neun, John W VeranoAbstract:The site of Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, situated in the Moche Valley, Peru, dated to the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100-1470), represents a single event Mass Killing of children and domestic cameli...
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a Mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the huanchaquito las llamas site moche valley peru
PLOS ONE, 2019Co-Authors: Gabriel Prieto, John W Verano, Nicolas Goepfert, Douglas J Kennett, Jeffrey Quilter, Steven A Leblanc, Lars Fehrenschmitz, Jannine Forst, Mellisa Lund, Brittany L DementAbstract:Here we report the results of excavation and interdisciplinary study of the largest child and camelid sacrifice known from the New World. Stratigraphy, associated artifacts, and radiocarbon dating indicate that it was a single Mass Killing of more than 140 children and over 200 camelids directed by the Chimu state, c. AD 1450. Preliminary DNA analysis indicates that both boys and girls were chosen for sacrifice. Variability in forms of cranial modification (head shaping) and stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen suggest that the children were a heterogeneous sample drawn from multiple regions and ethnic groups throughout the Chimu state. The Huanchaquito-Las Llamas Mass sacrifice opens a new window on a previously unknown sacrificial ritual from fifteenth century northern coastal Peru. While the motivation for such a Massive sacrifice is a subject for further research, there is archaeological evidence that it was associated with a climatic event (heavy rainfall and flooding) that could have impacted the economic, political and ideological stability of one of the most powerful states in the New World during the fifteenth century A.D.
Gabriel Prieto - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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life history and origin of the camelids provisioning a Mass Killing sacrifice during the chimu period insight from stable isotopes
Environmental Archaeology, 2020Co-Authors: Elise Dufour, Gabriel Prieto, Nicolas Goepfert, Manon Le Neun, John W VeranoAbstract:The site of Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, situated in the Moche Valley, Peru, dated to the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100-1470), represents a single event Mass Killing of children and domestic cameli...
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a Mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the huanchaquito las llamas site moche valley peru
PLOS ONE, 2019Co-Authors: Gabriel Prieto, John W Verano, Nicolas Goepfert, Douglas J Kennett, Jeffrey Quilter, Steven A Leblanc, Lars Fehrenschmitz, Jannine Forst, Mellisa Lund, Brittany L DementAbstract:Here we report the results of excavation and interdisciplinary study of the largest child and camelid sacrifice known from the New World. Stratigraphy, associated artifacts, and radiocarbon dating indicate that it was a single Mass Killing of more than 140 children and over 200 camelids directed by the Chimu state, c. AD 1450. Preliminary DNA analysis indicates that both boys and girls were chosen for sacrifice. Variability in forms of cranial modification (head shaping) and stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen suggest that the children were a heterogeneous sample drawn from multiple regions and ethnic groups throughout the Chimu state. The Huanchaquito-Las Llamas Mass sacrifice opens a new window on a previously unknown sacrificial ritual from fifteenth century northern coastal Peru. While the motivation for such a Massive sacrifice is a subject for further research, there is archaeological evidence that it was associated with a climatic event (heavy rainfall and flooding) that could have impacted the economic, political and ideological stability of one of the most powerful states in the New World during the fifteenth century A.D.
Nicolas Goepfert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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life history and origin of the camelids provisioning a Mass Killing sacrifice during the chimu period insight from stable isotopes
Environmental Archaeology, 2020Co-Authors: Elise Dufour, Gabriel Prieto, Nicolas Goepfert, Manon Le Neun, John W VeranoAbstract:The site of Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, situated in the Moche Valley, Peru, dated to the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100-1470), represents a single event Mass Killing of children and domestic cameli...
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a Mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the huanchaquito las llamas site moche valley peru
PLOS ONE, 2019Co-Authors: Gabriel Prieto, John W Verano, Nicolas Goepfert, Douglas J Kennett, Jeffrey Quilter, Steven A Leblanc, Lars Fehrenschmitz, Jannine Forst, Mellisa Lund, Brittany L DementAbstract:Here we report the results of excavation and interdisciplinary study of the largest child and camelid sacrifice known from the New World. Stratigraphy, associated artifacts, and radiocarbon dating indicate that it was a single Mass Killing of more than 140 children and over 200 camelids directed by the Chimu state, c. AD 1450. Preliminary DNA analysis indicates that both boys and girls were chosen for sacrifice. Variability in forms of cranial modification (head shaping) and stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen suggest that the children were a heterogeneous sample drawn from multiple regions and ethnic groups throughout the Chimu state. The Huanchaquito-Las Llamas Mass sacrifice opens a new window on a previously unknown sacrificial ritual from fifteenth century northern coastal Peru. While the motivation for such a Massive sacrifice is a subject for further research, there is archaeological evidence that it was associated with a climatic event (heavy rainfall and flooding) that could have impacted the economic, political and ideological stability of one of the most powerful states in the New World during the fifteenth century A.D.
Brittany L Dement - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a Mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the huanchaquito las llamas site moche valley peru
PLOS ONE, 2019Co-Authors: Gabriel Prieto, John W Verano, Nicolas Goepfert, Douglas J Kennett, Jeffrey Quilter, Steven A Leblanc, Lars Fehrenschmitz, Jannine Forst, Mellisa Lund, Brittany L DementAbstract:Here we report the results of excavation and interdisciplinary study of the largest child and camelid sacrifice known from the New World. Stratigraphy, associated artifacts, and radiocarbon dating indicate that it was a single Mass Killing of more than 140 children and over 200 camelids directed by the Chimu state, c. AD 1450. Preliminary DNA analysis indicates that both boys and girls were chosen for sacrifice. Variability in forms of cranial modification (head shaping) and stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen suggest that the children were a heterogeneous sample drawn from multiple regions and ethnic groups throughout the Chimu state. The Huanchaquito-Las Llamas Mass sacrifice opens a new window on a previously unknown sacrificial ritual from fifteenth century northern coastal Peru. While the motivation for such a Massive sacrifice is a subject for further research, there is archaeological evidence that it was associated with a climatic event (heavy rainfall and flooding) that could have impacted the economic, political and ideological stability of one of the most powerful states in the New World during the fifteenth century A.D.
Benjamin A Valentino - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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why we kill the political science of political violence against civilians
Annual Review of Political Science, 2014Co-Authors: Benjamin A ValentinoAbstract:This article reviews the political science literature on political violence against civilians, including genocide, Mass Killing, and terrorism. Early work on these subjects tended to portray this kind of violence as irrational, random, or the result of ancient hatreds between ethnic groups. Most scholars studying political violence today, however, understand it to be primarily, if not exclusively, instrumental and orchestrated by powerful actors seeking to achieve tangible political or military objectives. Scholars continue to disagree, however, about the specific motives that drive belligerents to target civilians or the conditions under which large-scale violence against civilians is most likely.
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Mass Killing and guerrilla warfare
International Organization, 2004Co-Authors: Benjamin A Valentino, Paul K Huth, Dylan BalchlindsayAbstract:Why do some wars result in the intentional Killing of large numbers of civilians? In this article we examine the incidence of Mass Killing in all wars from 1945 to 2000. In the statistical analysis of our data set of 147 wars, we find strong evidence supporting our hypothesis that Mass Killing is often a calculated military strategy used by regimes attempting to defeat major guerrilla insurgencies. Unlike conventional military forces, guerrilla armies often rely directly on the local civilian population for logistical support. Because guerrilla forces are difficult to defeat directly, governments facing major guerrilla insurgencies have strong incentives to target the guerrillas' civilian base of support. We find that Mass Killing is significantly more likely during guerrilla wars than during other kinds of wars. In addition, we find that the likelihood of Mass Killing among guerrilla conflicts is greatly increased when the guerrillas receive high levels of active support from the local population or when the insurgency poses a major military threat to the regime.For their helpful comments on previous versions of this article the authors thank Bear Braumoeller, Alex Downes, Jim Fearon, Hazem Goborah, Stathis Kalyvas, Gary King, Will Lowe, Matthew Krain, Lisa Martin, Manus Midlarsky, Bruce Russett, Nicholas Sambanis, Naunihal Singh, Abdulkader Sinno, Allan Stam, Jeremy Weinstein, and the anonymous reviewers of International Organization. We are also grateful to Wolfgang Moehler for his research assistance. Our coauthor Dylan Balch-Lindsay was killed in an automobile accident on 1 September 2002, cutting short a promising career. He was a gifted young scholar, without whom this article would not have been possible. He is sorely missed by his friends and colleagues. Donations in his name can be sent to the Dylan Balch-Lindsay Memorial Fund for Graduate Education/Foundation of the University of New Mexico, c/o Carol Brown, Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1121.
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final solutions Mass Killing and genocide in the twentieth century
268173, 2004Co-Authors: Benjamin A ValentinoAbstract:Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Mass Killing in historical and theoretical perspective -- Ch. 1. Mass Killing and genocide - - Ch. 2. The perpetrators and the public -- Ch. 3. The strategic logic of Mass Killing -- Ch. 4. Communist Mass Killings: the Soviet Union, China, and Cambodia -- Ch. 5. Ethnic Mass Killings: Turkish Armenia, Nazi Germany, and Rwanda -- Ch. 6. Counterguerrilla Mass Killings: Guatemala and Afghanistan -- Conclusion: anticipating and preventing Mass Killing -- Notes -- Index