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The Maya world of communicating objects [[electronic resource] ] : quadripartite crosses, trees, and stones / / Miguel Angel Astor-Aguilera



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Autore: Astor-Aguilera Miguel Angel <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Maya world of communicating objects [[electronic resource] ] : quadripartite crosses, trees, and stones / / Miguel Angel Astor-Aguilera Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina: 972.81
Soggetto topico: Maya cosmology
Mayas - Rites and ceremonies
Maya architecture
Inscriptions, Mayan
Ceremonial objects
Symbolism in art
Symbolism in architecture
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-323) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: What Are Mesoamerican Religions?; Chapter 2: The Living Ancestors; Chapter 3: Postclassic and Colonial Mesoamerican World Views and Mayan Communicating Objects; Chapter 4: Close Encounters with Maya and Roman Catholic Crosses; Chapter 5: Pigs for the Sun and a Mayan Communicating Stela; Chapter 6: Communicating Bundles and the Ancestors; Chapter 7: End Discussion; Notes; Glossary; References Cited; Index; Back Cover
Sommario/riassunto: Astor-Aguilera argues that the western concept of religion and religious objects is not the framework for understanding Mayan cosmology or practice.
Titolo autorizzato: The Maya world of communicating objects  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-63703-0
0-8263-4765-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818104403321
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