LEADER 03649nam 22007092 450 001 9910461770103321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-53995-7 010 $a1-107-22920-0 010 $a1-283-52201-2 010 $a1-139-52715-0 010 $a9786613834461 010 $a1-139-52595-6 010 $a1-139-53181-6 010 $a0-511-99825-2 010 $a1-139-53062-3 010 $a1-139-52834-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000231633 035 $a(EBL)977171 035 $a(OCoLC)804845606 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000739187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11407238 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10689342 035 $a(PQKB)10442925 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511998256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC977171 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL977171 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583284 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL383446 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000231633 100 $a20110113d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSculpture and social dynamics in preclassic Mesoamerica /$fJulia Guernsey$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-01246-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Potbellies and sculpture : a brief history of Preclassic scholarship -- Situating sculpture on the Preclassic Pacific slope of Mesoamerica -- The dating and distribution of potbellies and potbelly-related sculpture -- Blurring the lines : public space, private space, sculpture, and figurines -- Big bellies and fat gods -- Potbellies, ancestors, and performance -- Potbellies and social identity in the Preclassic. 330 $aThis book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Julia Guernsey situates the origins and evolution of monumental stone sculpture within a broader social and political context and demonstrates the role that such sculpture played in creating and institutionalizing social hierarchies. This book focuses specifically on an enigmatic type of public, monumental sculpture known as the 'potbelly' that traces its antecedents to earlier, small domestic ritual objects and ceramic figurines. The cessation of domestic rituals involving ceramic figurines along the Pacific slope coincided not only with the creation of the first monumental potbelly sculptures, but with the rise of the first state-level societies in Mesoamerica by the advent of the Late Preclassic period. The potbellies became central to the physical representation of new forms of social identity and expressions of political authority during this time of dramatic change. 517 3 $aSculpture & Social Dynamics in Preclassic Mesoamerica 606 $aMaya sculpture 606 $aOlmec sculpture 606 $aIndian sculpture$zMexico 606 $aIndian sculpture$zCentral America 615 0$aMaya sculpture. 615 0$aOlmec sculpture. 615 0$aIndian sculpture 615 0$aIndian sculpture 676 $a730.97281 700 $aGuernsey$b Julia$f1964-$0969492 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461770103321 996 $aSculpture and social dynamics in preclassic Mesoamerica$92491934 997 $aUNINA