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Breath and Smoke : Tobacco Use among the Maya /
"From Classical antiquity to the present, tobacco has existed as a potent ritual substance. Tobacco use among the Maya straddles a recreational/ritual/medicinal nexus that can be difficult for Western audiences to understand. To best characterize the pervasive substance, this volume assembles s...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Pess,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : breath and smoke / Jennifer A. Loughmiller-Cardinal and Keith Eppich
- On the origin of the tobacco plant : a Pipil myth from Nahuizalco, El Salvador / Erik Boot
- The intoxicating lady : tobacco and the nature of the moon goddess / Martin Pickands
- "Elder brother tobacco" : traditional nicotiana snuff use among the contemporary Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya of highland Chiapas, Mexico / Kevin P. Groark
- Allopathic shamanism : indigenous American cultures, psychopharmacy, and the prince of flowers / Michael McBride
- The smoking of bones : Ch'orti' Maya use of tobacco and ritual tobacco substitutes / Kerry Hull
- "Tobacco" as mentioned in hieroglyphic texts on classic Maya pottery flasks and in the late postclassic codices : an essay on the hieroglyphic signs used / Erik Boot
- Archaeology and tobacco : recognizing a common staple in uncommon ways / Jennifer A. Loughmiller-Cardinal
- The curious case of Lady K'abel's snuff bottle : the functionality, form, context, and distribution of classic Maya tobacco flasks / Keith Eppich and Olivia Navarro-Farr
- Modeled miniature flasks in the Museo Nacional de Antropología David J. Guzmán / Jeb J. Card and Ana Claudia María Alfaro Moisa.