Introduction : the archaeology of war in practice / Axel E. Nielsen and William H. Walker -- Variation in the practice of prehispanic warfare on the north coast of Peru / Theresa Lange Topic and John R. Topic -- Culture and practice of war in Maya society / Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan -- War Is shell : the ideology and embodiment of Mississippian conflict / Charles R. Cobb and Bretton Giles -- Warfare and the practice of supernatural agents / William H. Walker -- Warfare in precolonial central Amazonia : when Carneiro meets Clastres / Eduardo Góes Neves -- Warfare and political complexity in an egalitarian society : an ethnohistorical example / Polly Wiessner -- Warfare, space, and identity in the south-central Andes : constraints and choices / Elizabeth Arkush -- Ancestors at war : meaningful conflict and social process in the south Andes / Axel E. Nielsen -- Wars, rumors of wars, and the production of violence / Timothy R. Pauketat
