Manufactured light : mirrors in the Mesoamerican realm /
"Complex and time-consuming to produce, pyrite mirrors stand out among Prehispanic artifacts for their aesthetic beauty, their symbolic implications, and the complexity and skill of their assembly. Manufactured Light presents the latest archaeological research on these items, focusing on the in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: How to make a pyrite mirror: an experimental archaeology project
- Chapter 3: Manufacturing techniques of pyrite inlays in Mesoamerica
- Chapter: Domestic production of pyrite mirrors at Cancuén, Guatemala
- Chapter 5: Identification and use of pyrite and hematite at Teotihuacan
- Chapter 6: On how mirrors would have been employed in the ancient Americas
- Chapter 7: Iron pyrite ornaments from middle formative contexts in the Mascota Valley of Jalisco, Mexico: description, Mesoamerican relationships, and probable symbolic significance
- Chapter 8: Pre-Hispanic iron-ore mirrors and mosaics from Zacatecas
- Chapter 9: Techniques of luminosity: iron-ore mirrors and entheogenic shamanism among the ancient Maya
- Chapter 10; Stones of light: the use of crystals in Maya divination
- Chapter 11: Reflecting on exchange: ancient Maya mirrors beyond the southeast periphery
- Chapter 12: Ritual uses of mirrors by the Wixaritari (Huichol Indians): instruments of reflexivity in creative processes
- Chapter 13; Through a glass, brightly: recent Investigations concerning mirrors and scrying in ancient and contemporary Mesoamerica.