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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463745203321

Titolo

Fanning the sacred flame [[electronic resource] ] : Mesoamerican studies in honor of H. B. Nicholson / / edited by Matthew A. Boxt and Brian Dervin Dillon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2012

ISBN

1-4571-1698-7

1-4571-1173-X

1-60732-161-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (574 p.)

Collana

Mesoamerican worlds

Altri autori (Persone)

BoxtMatthew A. <1951->

DillonBrian D

Disciplina

972/.01

Soggetti

Aztecs - History

Olmecs - History

Mayas - History

Indians of Mexico - History

Indians of Central America - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword and Reminiscence; Introduction; 1. H. B. Nicholson and the Archaeological Bug; Part 1: The Olmec and Their Neighbors; 2. The Middle Formative Period Stelae of Chalcatzingo; 3. Isla Alor; 4. Aquí Nació El Mundo; Part 2: The Maya and Their Neighbors; 5. Kingship in the Cradle of MayaCivilization; 6. Yaxchilán Structure 23; 7. Santa Rosa, Chiapas; 8. Pipil Archaeology of Pacific Guatemala; 9. Under Ground in Ancient Mesoamerica; Part 3: Central Mexico; 10. The Mixteca-Puebla Tradition and H. B. Nicholson; 11. Obsidian Butterfly and Flowery Tree; 12. Nick at Night

13. The Xipe Tótec Cult and Mexica Military PromotionPart 4: Ethnohistory; 14. Prehispanic K'iche-MayaHistoriography; 15. Connecting Nahua and Mixtec Histories; Part 5: The Colonial Period; 16. The Final Tribute of Tenochtitlan; 17. Feathered Serpents, Pulquerías, and Indian Sedition in Colonial Cholula; 18. The Posthumous History of



the Tizoc Stone; 19. The Real Expedición Anticuaria Collection; Part 6: Ethnography; 20. Yucatec Maya Agricultural Ritual Survivals; 21. Mesoamerican Indian Clothing; Contributors