Tag Archives: Teotihuacan

Walmart Endangers Cultural Site? Gets Building Permit Through Bribery?

From the I’m-shocked-to-find-bribery-and-deceit-in-Walmart’s-plans department. The New York Times is reporting through an expose a laundry list of wrongdoing on the behalf of Walmart that resulted in the building of a supercenter very, very near the grounds of a major cultural resource in … Continue reading

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Sacrifice and the Anthropology of Religion

Image via Wikipedia Mention the word “sacrifice” in a religious context and, for many people, thoughts of young virgins tossed in volcanoes by a Polynesian King or lying on altars below the obscenely sharp obsidian blade of an Aztec ruler. … Continue reading

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