Memory Traces : Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites /

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Kristan-Graham, Cynthia (Éditeur intellectuel), Amrhein, Laura Marie, 1967- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sacred space.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Indians of Central America > Antiquities.
Indian art.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
ART > History > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Indiens d'Amerique > Mexique > Antiquites.
Lieux sacres > Amerique centrale.
Lieux sacres > Mexique.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Amerique centrale.
Sacred space > Central America.
Sacred space > Mexico.
Indian art > Central America.
Indian art > Mexico.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Central America.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Mexico.
Mexico.
Central America.
Mexique > Antiquites.
Central America > Antiquities.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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