Anthropomorphizing the cosmos : Middle Preclassic lowland Maya figurines, ritual, and time /

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"Exploring the sociocultural significance of approximately three hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at Nixtun-Ch'ich' on Lake Petén Itzá in northern Guatemala. In this analysis--hand-modeled, terracotta, anthropomorphic fragments, animal figures, and musical instrume...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rice, Prudence M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Temas:
To 1500
Maya sculpture > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Mayas > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Figurines > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Rites and ceremonies > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > History > To 1500.
Sculpture maya > Guatemala > Petén (Département)
Mayas > Guatemala > Petén (Département) > Antiquités.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Guatemala > Petén (Département)
Figurines > Guatemala > Petén (Département)
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Figurines
Maya sculpture
Mayas > Antiquities
Rites and ceremonies
Nixtun-Ch'ich' Site (Guatemala)
Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Antiquities.
Guatemala > Nixtun-Ch'ich' Site
Guatemala > Petén (Department)
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why figurines?
  • Ritual, cooperation, costly signaling, and storytelling
  • Overview : the human figure in formative Mesoamerica
  • The Preclassic Maya lowlands and Central Petén
  • Central Petén Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : the body
  • The human head and face in formative Mesoamerica : biological considerations
  • Central Petén Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : heads and faces
  • Formative Mesoamerican heads : headgear, headdresses, and hairstyles
  • Temporality, the sacred almanac, and writing
  • Maya head-variant graphemes
  • Summary and overview : Preclassic figurine heads and Classic Maya portrait glyphs
  • Sound : musical instruments and zoomorphs
  • Geochemistry : compositional analysis of Nixtun-Ch'ich' and Ixlu figurines
  • Figurines, meanings, and contexts
  • Anthropomorphizing the cosmos.

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