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Whenever I see or hear the word test,

The hair on the back of my neck stands up.

My face turns as red as a beet.

I start to sweat, my stomach aches, and I can t control my feet

What if I get every answer wrong?

And I don t get any right.

I just know I'll get a bad grade on this test, so I don t even want to try

BB's teacher comes to the rescue by inviting her to become...

Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies, as in many premodern cultures. Ritual sacrifices were considered necessary for this propitiation and for maintaining a proper reciprocal relationship between humans and the supernatural world.

The essays in this book examine the archaeological evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings, animals, and objects, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred, from around 2500...