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The Creation and Sacrifice of Witches in Classic Maya Society

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Jaime Awe, Director of the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize, and of the WBRCP for his permission to use the illustrations in this chapter. Josalyn Ferguson was kind enough to address last-minute questions about Uayazba Kab, which we greatly appreciate. An anonymous reviewer and Holley Moyes provided useful feedback, for which we are grateful. Finally, we want to extend our thanks to the editors for inviting us to participate in both the SAA session and this volume.

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Lucero, L.J., Gibbs, S.A. (2007). The Creation and Sacrifice of Witches in Classic Maya Society. In: Tiesler, V., Cucina, A. (eds) New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48871-4_3

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