“The Rib Cage of the Human Heart”:

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-169
Author(s):  
CAMMIE MCATEE
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2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Tiesler ◽  
Andrea Cucina

The present study reports on the cultural marks encountered in three (possibly four) skeletons retrieved from primary deposits of the Maya Classic period at Palenque, Calakmul, and Becán, Mexico. We propose that the patterns of cut and stab lesions encountered in the trunks of these individuals stem from perimortem violence that accompanied heart removal from below the rib cage rather than from postmortem evisceration. We confirm the feasibility of this procedure by experimental replication in modern corpses. The interpretation of those procedures synthesizes information obtained from osteological, archaeological, and iconographic sources and leads to a broader discussion concerning the techniques, impact, and meanings of human heart sacrifice and associated body manipulations in Classic period Maya society. Methodologically, we conclude that direct skeletal evidence of heart sacrifice can be rare, imposing a cautionary caveat on the current discussion of mortuary remains in the Maya area.


1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Peter J. Watson
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2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
T THUM ◽  
P GALUPPO ◽  
S KNEITZ ◽  
C WOLF ◽  
L VANLAAKE ◽  
...  
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1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. VanDercar ◽  
Neal E. Miller ◽  
Jay M. Weiss ◽  
Henry Solomon

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harville Hendrix ◽  
Helen LaKelly Hunt
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