The beast between : deer in Maya art and culture /

The first book to focus on the multifaceted images of deer and hunting in ancient Maya art, from the award-winning author of To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization. Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 The white-tailed deer had a prominent status in Maya civilization: it was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Looper, Matthew George, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
Temas:
Maya art.
Deer in art.
Animals and civilization.
Human-animal relationships.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Art maya.
Cerfs dans l'art.
Animaux et civilisation.
Relations homme-animal.
Mayas > Antiquités.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
ART / Caribbean & Latin American
Animals and civilization
Deer in art
Human-animal relationships
Maya art
Mayas > Antiquities
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Deer life: the Maya ethnobiology of deer
  • Bones to picks: the classic Maya use and depiction of durable deer remains
  • Big bucks: deer and social status
  • Wearing the horns: deer, sexuality, and fertility in "dying god" scenes
  • Locking horns: deer hunting, warfare, the ballgame, and male rites of passage
  • Hart's devotion: the Siip in classic and postclassic Maya society
  • A sinking hart: the solar symbolism of deer in Maya art
  • Deer departed: cervid spirits of death and disease
  • Epilogue. Out of the woods: deer and borders.

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