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Memory traces : analyzing sacred space at five Mesoamerican sites /
"Art historians and archaeologists from the US and Mexico come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the process of defining sacred space; how modern Western definitions differ from ancient Mesoamerica; how sacred spaces were conceived and used phys...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sacred spaces as subject and study in the Mesoamerican landscape / Keith M. Prufer
- Passing through the center : the architectural and social contexts of Teotihuacan painting / Patricia J. Sarro and Matthew H. Robb
- Where rulers are made : spaces of political legitimacy at Tula and el Tajín / Rex Koontz
- Building memories at Tula : sacred landscapes and architectural veneration / Cynthia Kristan-Graham
- The House of the Phalli and the constitution of sacred space through gender performances at Chichen Itzá / Laura M. Amrhein and Matthew G. Looper
- Establishing and translating Maya spaces at Tonina and Ocosingo : how Indigenous portraits were moved, mutilated, and made Christian in New Spain / Linnea Wren, Travis Nygard, and Kaylee Spencer
- Conclusion: Space, place, ritual, and identity in ancient Mesoamerica / Nicholas P. Dunning and Eric Weaver.