LEADER 05413nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910777696803321 005 20230617010250.0 010 $a0-292-79735-4 024 7 $a10.7560/705869 035 $a(CKB)1000000000454126 035 $a(EBL)3443011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177907 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177907 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219128 035 $a(PQKB)11631321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443011 035 $a(OCoLC)606125759 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443011 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10185702 035 $a(DE-B1597)587088 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797352 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000454126 100 $a20040812d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIn the maw of the earth monster$b[electronic resource] $emesoamerican ritual cave use /$fedited by James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (449 p.) 225 1 $aThe Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-70586-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : a history of Mesoamerican cave interpretation / James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer -- Rites of passage and other ceremonies in caves / Doris Heyden -- The cave-pyramid complex among the contemporary Nahua of northern Veracruz / Alan R. Sandstrom -- Constructing mythic space : the significance of a chicomoztoc complex at Acatzingo Viejo / Manuel Aguilar ... [et al.] -- Pre-Hispanic rain ceremonies in Blade Cave, Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico / Janet Fitzsimmons -- Sacred caves and rituals from the northern Mixteca of Oaxaca, Mexico : new revelations / Carlos Rinco?n Mautner -- Some notes on ritual caves among the ancient and modern Maya / Evon Z. Vogt and David Stuart -- Shamans, caves, and the roles of ritual specialists in Maya society / Keith M. Prufer -- Cave stelae and megalithic monuments in western Belize / Jaime J. Awe, Cameron Griffith, and Sherry Gibbs -- A cognitive approach to artifact distribution in caves of the Maya area / Andrea Stone -- Cluster concentrations, boundary markers, and ritual pathways : a GIS analysis of artifact cluster patterns at Actun Tunichil, Muknal, Belize / Holley Moyes -- Ethnographic notes on Maya Q'eqchi' cave rites : implications for archaeological interpretation / Abigail E. Adams and James E. Brady -- A Lacandon religious ritual in the cave of the god Tsibana? at the holy lake of Mensabok in the rainforest of Chiapas / Jaroslaw Theodore Petryshyn -- Beneath the Yalahau : emerging patterns of ancient Maya ritual cave use from northern Quintana Roo, Mexico / Dominique Rissolo -- Caves, karst, and settlement at Mayapa?n, Yucata?n / Clifford T. Brown -- Concluding comments / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady. 330 $aAs portals to the supernatural realm that creates and animates the universe, caves have always been held sacred by the peoples of Mesoamerica. From ancient times to the present, Mesoamericans have made pilgrimages to caves for ceremonies ranging from rituals of passage to petitions for rain and a plentiful harvest. So important were caves to the pre-Hispanic peoples that they are mentioned in Maya hieroglyphic writing and portrayed in the Central Mexican and Oaxacan pictorial codices. Many ancient settlements were located in proximity to caves. This volume gathers papers from twenty prominent Mesoamerican archaeologists, linguists, and ethnographers to present a state-of-the-art survey of ritual cave use in Mesoamerica from Pre-Columbian times to the present. Organized geographically, the book examines cave use in Central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Maya region. Some reports present detailed site studies, while others offer new theoretical understandings of cave rituals. As a whole, the collection validates cave study as the cutting edge of scientific investigation of indigenous ritual and belief. It confirms that the indigenous religious system of Mesoamerica was and still is much more terrestrially focused that has been generally appreciated. 410 0$aLinda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. 606 $aIndians of Mexico$xRites and ceremonies 606 $aIndians of Mexico$xReligion 606 $aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities 606 $aCaves$xReligious aspects 606 $aMayas$xRites and ceremonies 606 $aMayas$xReligion 606 $aMayas$xAntiquities 607 $aMexico$xAntiquities 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xRites and ceremonies. 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xReligion. 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities. 615 0$aCaves$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aMayas$xRites and ceremonies. 615 0$aMayas$xReligion. 615 0$aMayas$xAntiquities. 676 $a305.897/42 701 $aBrady$b James Edward$f1948-$0756609 701 $aPrufer$b Keith M$g(Keith Malcolm),$f1960-$01524531 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777696803321 996 $aIn the maw of the earth monster$93765430 997 $aUNINA