![]() This paper considers the physical evidence for interpersonal violence and sacrificial death at Playa Venado based on the burial positioning, demographic composition, and trauma present on the human remains recovered from the site. At the precolumbian site of Playa Venado in Panama, these accounts of violent mortuary rituals may have influenced the interpretation of the burials encountered in excavations, leading to claims of mutilations and sacrifice, with little or no supporting evidence. ![]() ![]() Many Spanish chroniclers detail violent cultural practices of the indigenous populations they encountered in the Isthmo-Colombian Area however, lack of physical evidence of interpersonal violence from archaeological contexts has made uncertain the veracity of these claims. ![]()
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Meanwhile, Spence’s estranged son from his first marriage has come back into their lives. One day, feeling especially isolated, Pru meets a man, and the possibility of new romance blooms. With their daughter, Sarah, away at medical school, Pru must struggle on her own to care for him. ![]() ![]() The Great Man can’t concentrate he falls asleep reading The New York Review of Books. Thirty years later, something is wrong with Spence. But when she falls in love with and marries Spence Robin, her hotshot young Shakespeare professor, her life takes a turn she couldn’t have anticipated. When Ohio-born Pru Steiner arrives in New York in 1976, she follows in a long tradition of young people determined to take the city by storm. ![]() ![]() Love to!! Angry at being rejected for military service, Minister Tyrell Walker accepts the call to serve as a civilian spy within his own country. Hi Carole, can you tell us a little bit about your latest release, With Music In Their Hearts ? 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The star represents me, because stars are both lonely in the sky and surrounded by others, the yellow rose is for my mom, and the pink and purple roses are my daughters. Laura Kaye is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in contemporary romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink. The star tattoo was in honor of my mom and daughters. LOL! I have two tattoos, the word "Imagine" on my right wrist in script and the star-and-roses tattoo on my right shoulder. Laura: Since I've asked these other great authors to bare some skin, I'm doing so as well. ![]() If this is your first book, get it for free. Summary: Mistaken for a notorious thief known for seducing men to distraction while on holiday, Margaret Stredwick, longing for adventure, eagerly plays. The paw prints are because the first book I wrote and sold was about shifters, and the left page is blank so others can make it special for them.Ībout Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann Ryan is a USA TODAY best-selling author who not only has a tattoo novel release, Midnight Ink, but her own shifter paw print novel, An Unlucky Moon. Get Hard As It Gets audiobook by Laura Kaye on Speechify and enjoy the best listening experience. At Lora Leigh's RAW in September 2013, five readers and I got the same tattoo to celebrate our love of books, shifters, and tattoos. This tattoo means so much to me because of HOW I got it. ![]() |