Anthropomorphizing the Cosmos : Middle Preclassic Lowland Maya Figurines, Ritual, and Time /

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"Exploring the sociocultural significance of approximately three hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at Nixtun-Ch'ich' on Lake Peten Itzá in northern Guatemala. In this analysis--hand-modeled, terracotta, anthropomorphic fragments, animal figures, and musical instrumen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rice, Prudence M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rites and ceremonies.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Maya sculpture.
Figurines.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Figurines > Guatemala > Peten (Departement)
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Guatemala > Peten (Departement)
Mayas > Guatemala > Peten (Departement) > Antiquites.
Sculpture maya > Guatemala > Peten (Departement)
Rites and ceremonies > Guatemala > Peten (Department) > History > To 1500.
Figurines > Guatemala > Peten (Department)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Peten (Department)
Mayas > Guatemala > Peten (Department) > Antiquities.
Maya sculpture > Guatemala > Peten (Department)
Guatemala > Peten (Department)
Guatemala > Nixtun-Ch'ich' Site.
Peten (Guatemala : Department) > Antiquities.
Nixtun-Ch'ich' Site (Guatemala)
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why figurines?
  • Ritual, cooperation, costly signaling, and storytelling
  • Overview : the human figure in formative Mesoamerica
  • The Preclassic Maya lowlands and Central Peten
  • Central Peten Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : the body
  • The human head and face in formative Mesoamerica : biological considerations
  • Central Peten Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : heads and faces
  • Formative Mesoamerican heads : headgear, headdresses, and hairstyles
  • Temporality, the sacred almanac, and writing
  • Maya head-variant graphemes
  • Summary and overview : Preclassic figurine heads and Classic Maya portrait glyphs
  • Sound : musical instruments and zoomorphs
  • Geochemistry : compositional analysis of Nixtun-Ch'ich' and Ixlu figurines
  • Figurines, meanings, and contexts
  • Anthropomorphizing the cosmos.

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