In the maw of the earth monster : mesoamerican ritual cave use /

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As portals to the supernatural realm that creates and animates the universe, caves have always been held sacred by the peoples of Mesoamerica. From ancient times to the present, Mesoamericans have made pilgrimages to caves for ceremonies ranging from rituals of passage to petitions for rain and a pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brady, James Edward, 1948-, Prufer, Keith M. (Keith Malcolm), 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
Temas:
Indians of Mexico > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Mexico > Religion.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Caves > Religious aspects.
Mayas > Rites and ceremonies.
Mayas > Religion.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Rites et cérémonies.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Religion.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Antiquités.
Cavernes > Aspect religieux.
Mayas > Rites et cérémonies.
Mayas > Antiquités.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Antiquities
Caves > Religious aspects
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities
Indians of Mexico > Religion
Indians of Mexico > Rites and ceremonies
Mayas > Antiquities
Mayas > Religion
Mayas > Rites and ceremonies
Höhle
Ritus
Mexico > Antiquities.
Mexique > Antiquités.
Mexico
Mesoamerika
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a history of Mesoamerican cave interpretation / James E. Brady, Keith M. Prufer
  • Rites of passage and other ceremonies in caves / Doris Heyden
  • The cave-pyramid complex among the contemporary Nahua of northern Veracruz / Alan R. Sandstrom
  • Constructing mythic space : the significance of a chicomoztoc complex at Acatzingo Viejo / Manuel Aguilar [and others]
  • Pre-Hispanic rain ceremonies in Blade Cave, Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico / Janet Fitzsimmons
  • Sacred caves and rituals from the northern Mixteca of Oaxaca, Mexico : new revelations / Carlos Rincón Mautner
  • Some notes on ritual caves among the ancient and modern Maya / Evon Z. Vogt, David Stuart
  • Shamans, caves, and the roles of ritual specialists in Maya society / Keith M. Prufer
  • Cave stelae and megalithic monuments in western Belize / Jaime J. Awe, Cameron Griffith, Sherry Gibbs
  • A cognitive approach to artifact distribution in caves of the Maya area / Andrea Stone
  • Cluster concentrations, boundary markers, and ritual pathways : a GIS analysis of artifact cluster patterns at Actun Tunichil, Muknal, Belize / Holley Moyes
  • Ethnographic notes on Maya Q'eqchi' cave rites : implications for archaeological interpretation / Abigail E. Adams, James E. Brady
  • A Lacandon religious ritual in the cave of the god Tsibaná at the holy lake of Mensabok in the rainforest of Chiapas / Jaroslaw Theodore Petryshyn
  • Beneath the Yalahau : emerging patterns of ancient Maya ritual cave use from northern Quintana Roo, Mexico / Dominique Rissolo
  • Caves, karst, and settlement at Mayapán, Yucatán / Clifford T. Brown
  • Concluding comments / Keith M. Prufer, James E. Brady.

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