American Indian
Many American Indian groups practiced limited warfare or similar behaviors. Eastern groups at the time of contact with Europeans often wouldn't kill all enemies, they would capture many for adoption to replenish their own populations. This is related to mourning wars. The Aztec did flower wars to keep subordinate nations symbolically defeated as well as capture sacrificial victims (who were symbolically adopted). These wars left non-combatants and materials without risk of physical harm.
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