In the maw of the earth monster [[electronic resource] ] : mesoamerican ritual cave use / / edited by James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.897/42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BradyJames Edward <1948->
PruferKeith M <1960-> (Keith Malcolm) |
Collana | The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of Mexico - Rites and ceremonies
Indians of Mexico - Religion Indians of Mexico - Antiquities Caves - Religious aspects Mayas - Rites and ceremonies Mayas - Religion Mayas - Antiquities |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-292-79735-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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 Rincón 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 Tsibaná 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 Mayapán, Yucatán / Clifford T. Brown -- Concluding comments / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452014303321 |
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the maw of the earth monster [[electronic resource] ] : mesoamerican ritual cave use / / edited by James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.897/42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BradyJames Edward <1948->
PruferKeith M <1960-> (Keith Malcolm) |
Collana | The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of Mexico - Rites and ceremonies
Indians of Mexico - Religion Indians of Mexico - Antiquities Caves - Religious aspects Mayas - Rites and ceremonies Mayas - Religion Mayas - Antiquities |
ISBN | 0-292-79735-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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 Rincón 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 Tsibaná 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 Mayapán, Yucatán / Clifford T. Brown -- Concluding comments / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777696803321 |
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the maw of the earth monster : mesoamerican ritual cave use / / edited by James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.897/42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BradyJames Edward <1948->
PruferKeith M <1960-> (Keith Malcolm) |
Collana | The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indians of Mexico - Rites and ceremonies
Indians of Mexico - Religion Indians of Mexico - Antiquities Caves - Religious aspects Mayas - Rites and ceremonies Mayas - Religion Mayas - Antiquities |
ISBN | 0-292-79735-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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 Rincon 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 Mayapan, Yucatan / Clifford T. Brown -- Concluding comments / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825424103321 |
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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