LEADER 04620nam 22007574a 450 001 9910809029803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79564-5 024 7 $a10.7560/713239 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467048 035 $a(OCoLC)191953160 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10192303 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233481 035 $a(PQKB)10370046 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443104 035 $a(OCoLC)82138477 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443104 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10192303 035 $a(DE-B1597)588330 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808369 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795648 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467048 100 $a20060505d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRitual & power in stone $ethe performance of rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan style art /$fJulia Guernsey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 225 0 $aThe Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71323-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-205) and index. 327 $aAn introduction to the late preclassic period -- The site of Izapa in context -- A historiography of Izapa and the Izapan style -- Part of a continuum : supernatural communication in late preclassic Izapan style art -- The performance of rulership : avian transformation in Izapan style monuments -- Monuments in context -- Beyond ritual : macaws, men, and matrices of exchange. 330 $aThe ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in the costume and persona of a bird, a well-known avian deity who had great significance for the Maya and other cultures in adjacent regions. This Izapan style of carving and kingly representation appears at numerous sites across the Pacific slope and piedmont of Mexico and Guatemala, making it possible to trace political and economic corridors of communication during the Late Preclassic period. In this book, Julia Guernsey offers a masterful art historical analysis of the Izapan style monuments and their integral role in developing and communicating the institution of divine kingship. She looks specifically at how rulers expressed political authority by erecting monuments that recorded their performance of rituals in which they communicated with the supernatural realm in the persona of the avian deity. She also considers how rulers used the monuments to structure their built environment and create spaces for ritual and politically charged performances. Setting her discussion in a broader context, Guernsey also considers how the Izapan style monuments helped to motivate and structure some of the dramatic, pan-regional developments of the Late Preclassic period, including the forging of a codified language of divine kingship. This pioneering investigation, which links monumental art to the matrices of political, economic, and supernatural exchange, offers an important new understanding of a region, time period, and group of monuments that played a key role in the history of Mesoamerica and continue to intrigue scholars within the field of Mesoamerican studies. 517 3 $aRitual and power in stone 606 $aMayas$zMexico$zSoconusco Region$xAntiquities 606 $aMaya sculpture$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 606 $aMaya art$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 606 $aMaya architecture$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 606 $aPetroglyphs$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zMexico$zSoconusco Region 607 $aIzapa Site (Mexico) 607 $aSoconusco Region (Mexico)$xAntiquities 615 0$aMayas$xAntiquities. 615 0$aMaya sculpture 615 0$aMaya art 615 0$aMaya architecture 615 0$aPetroglyphs 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a972/.601 700 $aGuernsey$b Julia$f1964-$01646932 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809029803321 996 $aRitual & power in stone$94119122 997 $aUNINA