Description: The authors scrutinize the representation of, and relationships between, different types of organized violence, as well as the implications of those activities, which can include the unexpected, such as violence as a means of determining and curing illness, and the use of violence in negotiation strategies.
Brief description: Heather Orr is professor of art history at Western State College of Colorado. Rex Koontz teaches art history at the University of Houston.
Review Quotes: This book is recommended for any academic or museum library that supports research into the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America.'--Kim Collins "ARLIS/NA Reviews, April/May 2010 "