Mesoamerican Worlds – serie
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Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage
From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs
Av Davíd Carrasco, Lindsay Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
556 kr
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For more than a millennium the great Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan (c. 150 B.C.E. - 750 C.E.) has been imagined and reimagined by a host of subsequent cultures, including our own. Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage engages the subject of the unity and diversity of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica by …
Conquered Conquistadors
The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala
Häftad, 2008
703 kr
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In Conquered Conquistadors, Florine Asselbergs reveals that a large pictorial map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, long thought to represent a series of battles in central Mexico, was actually painted in the 1530s by Quauhquecholteca warriors to document their invasion of Guatemala alongside the …
Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God
Tezcatlipoca, "Lord of the Smoking Mirror"
Häftad, 2008
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
669 kr
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Guilhem Olivier's Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God is a masterful study of Tezcatlipoca, one of the greatest but least understood deities in the Mesoamerican pantheon.An enigmatic and melodramatic figure, the Lord of the Smoking Mirror was both drunken seducer and mutilated transgressor …
Apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal
Science, History, and Religion at Classic Maya Palenque
Häftad, 2010
397 kr
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The Apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal takes up anew the riddles within a number of Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions first recognized by Floyd Lounsbury. Gerardo Aldana unpacks these mathematical riddles using an approach grounded in a reading of the texts made possible by recent advances in decipherment. …
Carrying the Word
The Concheros Dance in Mexico City
Häftad, 2012
451 kr
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In Carrying the Word: The Concheros Dance in Mexico City, the first full length study of the Concheros dancers, Susanna Rostas explores the experience of this unique group, whose use of dance links rural religious practices with urban post-modern innovation in distinctive ways even within Mexican …
Maya Daykeeping
Three Calendars from Highland Guatemala
Av John M. Weeks, Frauke Sachse m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
373 kr
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In Maya Daykeeping, three divinatory calendars from highland Guatemala - examples of a Mayan literary tradition that includes the Popul Vuh, Annals of the Cakchiquels, and the Titles of the Lords of Totonicapan - dating to 1685, 1722, and 1855, are transcribed in K'iche or Kaqchikel side-by-side …
In the Realm of Nachan Kan
Postclassic Maya Archaeology at Laguna De On, Belize
Häftad, 2015
451 kr
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The prevailing view of the lowland Maya during the Postclassic period (A.D. 1050-1500) has been one of an impoverished, "degenerated" society devoid of cultural accomplishment. However, Marilyn A. Masson offers a fresh interpretation of this society as one that represented a complex, sophisticated, …
Ancient Tollan
Tula and the Toltec Heartland
Av Alba Guadalupe Mastache, Robert Cobean m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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A work of both consensus and innovation based upon extensive archaeological research, Ancient Tollan: Tula and the Toltec Heartland studies Mesoamerica's problem city—Tula, or Tollan, seat of the Toltec state. Along with Teotihuancan and Tenochtitlán, Tula was one of the most important prehispanic …
Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica
Häftad, 2016
429 kr
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Were most commoners in ancient Mesoamerica poor? In a material sense, yes, probably so. Were they poor in their beliefs and culture? Certainly not, as Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica demonstrates.This volume explores the ritual life of Mesoamerica's common citizens, inside and …
Fanning the Sacred Flame
Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of H. B. Nicholson
Av Matthew A. Boxt, Brian D. Dillon
Häftad, 2020
617 kr
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Fanning the Sacred Flame: Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of H. B. Nicholson contains twenty-two original papers in tribute to H. B. "Nick" Nicholson, a pioneer of Mesoamerican research. His intellectual legacy is recognized by Mesoamerican archaeologists, art historians, ethnohistorians, and …
Sweeping the Way
Divine Transformation in the Aztec Festival of Ochpaniztli
Häftad, 2023
425 kr
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Incorporating human sacrifice, flaying, and mock warfare, the pre-Columbian Mexican ceremony known as Ochpaniztli, or “Sweeping,” has long attracted attention. Although among the best known of eighteen annual ceremonies, Ochpaniztli’s significance has nevertheless been poorly understood. …
Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl
The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs
Häftad, 2001
409 kr
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Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs is the most comprehensive survey and discussion of primary documentary sources and relevant archaeological evidence available about the most enigmatic figure of ancient Mesoamerica. Probably no indigenous New World personage has …
Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community
Inbunden, 2008
942 kr
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How and why do ceramics and their production change through time? Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community is a unique ethno-archaeological study that attempts to answer these questions by tracing social change among potters and changes in the …
Maya Worldviews at Conquest
Av Leslie G. Cecil, Timothy W. Pugh
Inbunden, 2009
802 kr
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Maya Worldviews at Conquest examines Maya culture and social life just prior to contact and the effect the subsequent Spanish conquest, as well as contact with other Mesoamerican cultures, had on the Maya worldview.Focusing on the Postclassic and Colonial periods, Maya Worldviews at Conquest …
Lords of Lambityeco
Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Xoo Phase
Inbunden, 2009
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The Valley of Oaxaca was unified under the rule of Monte Albán until its collapse around AD 800. Using findings from John Paddock’s long-term excavations at Lambityeco from 1961 to 1976, Michael Lind and Javier Urcid examine the political and social organization of the ancient community during the …
Skywatching in the Ancient World
New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy
Häftad, 2010
226 kr
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Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, Skywatching in the Ancient World offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions.This …
Mexico's Indigenous Communities
Their Lands and Histories, 1500-2010
Häftad, 2011
337 kr
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A rich and detailed account of indigenous history in central and southern Mexico from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, Mexico's Indigenous Communities is an expansive work that destroys the notion that Indians were victims of forces beyond their control and today have little connection …
Kowoj
Identity, Migration, and Geopolitics in Late Postclassic Petén, Guatemala
Av Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice
Häftad, 2012
449 kr
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Neighbors of the better-known Itza in the central Petén lakes region of Guatemala, the Kowoj Maya have been studied for little more than a decade. The Kowoj: Identity, Migration, and Geopolitics in Late Postclassic Petén, Guatemala summarizes the results of recent research into this ethno-political …
Negotiation within Domination
New Spain's Indian Pueblos Confront the Spanish State
Av Ethelia Ruiz Medrano, Susan Kellogg
Häftad, 2016
323 kr
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Although indigenous communities reacted to Spanish presence with significant acts of resistance and rebellion, they also turned to negotiation to deal with conflicts and ameliorate the consequences of colonial rule. This affected not only the development of legal systems in New Spain and Mexico but …
Stone Houses and Earth Lords
Maya Religion in the Cave Context
Av Keith M. Prufer, James E. Brady
Häftad, 2021
533 kr
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Cave archaeology in the New World, now a focus of intense research, was still a peripheral area of inquiry just fifteen years ago. Stone Houses and Earth Lords is the first volume dedicated exclusively to the use of caves in the Maya Lowlands, covering primarily Classic Period archaeology from A.D. …
