The Maya world of communicating objects [[electronic resource] ] : quadripartite crosses, trees, and stones / / Miguel Angel Astor-Aguilera
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Astor-Aguilera Miguel Angel <1961->
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-283-63703-0 |
| 0-8263-4765-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781622603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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