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UNINA9910457319003321 |
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Astor-Aguilera Miguel Angel <1961-> |
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The Maya world of communicating objects [[electronic resource] ] : quadripartite crosses, trees, and stones / / Miguel Angel Astor-Aguilera |
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Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63703-0 |
0-8263-4765-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Maya cosmology |
Mayas - Rites and ceremonies |
Maya architecture |
Inscriptions, Mayan |
Ceremonial objects |
Symbolism in art |
Symbolism in architecture |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-323) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: What Are Mesoamerican Religions?; Chapter 2: The Living Ancestors; Chapter 3: Postclassic and Colonial Mesoamerican World Views and Mayan Communicating Objects; Chapter 4: Close Encounters with Maya and Roman Catholic Crosses; Chapter 5: Pigs for the Sun and a Mayan Communicating Stela; Chapter 6: Communicating Bundles and the Ancestors; Chapter 7: End Discussion; Notes; Glossary; References Cited; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Astor-Aguilera argues that the western concept of religion and religious objects is not the framework for understanding Mayan cosmology or practice. |
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