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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456311703321

Titolo

Heart of creation [[electronic resource] ] : the Mesoamerican world and the legacy of Linda Schele / / edited by Andrea Stone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8173-8317-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StoneAndrea Joyce

Disciplina

972.81/016

Soggetti

Mayas

Mayan languages - Writing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-325) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9. Ritual Circuits as Key Elements in Maya Civic Center Design10. The Toponyms of El Cayo, Piedras Negras, and La Mar; 11. Quirigua Zoomorph P: A Water Throne and Mountain of Creation; 12. New Dance, Old Xius: The "Xiu Family Tree" and Maya Cultural; 13. The Workshops on Maya History and Writing in Guatemala and Mexico; 14. The Schele Icon and Maya Mania: The Growth of Public Interest in Maya Epigraphy; Appendix 1. Bibliography of Linda Schele's Publications; Appendix 2. Schele-ana: Memories of Linda Schele; References; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers.   The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele.  As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this ancient Mesoamerican culture, similar to the way in which Margaret Mead introduced anthropology and the people of Borneo to the En