Manufactured Light : Mirrors in the Mesoamerican Realm /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gallaga, Emiliano, 1970- (Editor ), Blainey, Marc Gordon (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mirrors.
Material culture.
Indians of North America > Material culture.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico > Material culture.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Indiens d'Amerique > Mexique > Antiquites.
Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Antiquites.
Indiens d'Amerique > Mexique > Culture materielle.
Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Material culture > Southwest, New.
Mirrors > Mexico > History > To 1500.
Mirrors > Southwest, New > History > To 1500.
Material culture > Mexico > History > To 1500.
Material culture > Southwest, New > History > To 1500.
New Southwest.
Mexico.
Mexique > Antiquites.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Antiquites.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Southwest, New > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
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 Cancuen, 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.

Ejemplares similares