Material Relations : The Marriage Figurines of Prehispanic Honduras /

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"Focusing on marriage figurines--double human figurines that represent relations formed through social alliances--Hendon, Joyce, and Lopiparo examine the material relations created in Honduras between AD 500 and 1000, a period of time when a network of social houses linked settlements of a vari...

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Main Authors: Hendon, Julia A. (Julia Ann) (Author), Lopiparo, Jeanne (Author), Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social archaeology.
Material culture.
Marriage.
Indians of Central America > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Central America > Antiquities.
Figurines.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Community life.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Honduras.
Archeologie sociale > Honduras.
Indiens d'Amerique > Honduras > Rites et ceremonies.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Honduras.
Social archaeology > Honduras.
Community life > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Material culture > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Figurines > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Marriage > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Indians of Central America > Social networks > Honduras.
Indians of Central America > Honduras > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Central America > Honduras > Antiquities.
Honduras.
Honduras > Antiquites.
Honduras > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Working with clay : Honduran figurine traditions
  • Copán : making kin
  • Tenampua : conflict and competition
  • Campo dos : wealth and influence
  • Curruste : family and ancestors
  • Travesia : difference and identity
  • Cerro Palenque : hosting and power.

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