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Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná / / Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, and David A. Freidel ; foreword by Traci Ardren
| Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná / / Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, and David A. Freidel ; foreword by Traci Ardren |
| Autore | Tiesler Vera |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tucson : , : The University of Arizona Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 305.897/427 |
| Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Mexico - Yaxuná Site
Mayas - Yucatán Peninsula - Social life and customs Mayas - Antiquities |
| ISBN |
9780816537433
0816537437 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910477341103321 |
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The Bioarchaeology of Artificial Cranial Modifications : New Approaches to Head Shaping and its Meanings in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and Beyond / / by Vera Tiesler
| The Bioarchaeology of Artificial Cranial Modifications : New Approaches to Head Shaping and its Meanings in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and Beyond / / by Vera Tiesler |
| Autore | Tiesler Vera |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.7 |
| Collana | Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeology
Anthropology Cultural property Cultural Heritage |
| ISBN | 1-4614-8760-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART I: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ARTIFICIAL CRANIAL MODIFICATION -- Cultural frameworks for studying artificial cranial modifications -- Physical embodiment, identity, age, and gender -- Cranial expansion and artificial vault modifications -- Reconstructing ancient head-shaping traditions from the skeletal record -- Source compilation on head-shaping practices in Hispanic America, with comments by Pilar Zabala -- PART II REGIONAL APPROACHES: HEAD PRACTICES AND THEIR CULTURAL MEANINGS IN PRE-COLUMBIAN MESOAMERICA AND BEYOND -- Meanings of head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica -- Emulating Olmec gods through head form. Origins and Preclassic Period -- Head shapes in Classic period Mesoamerica -- Growing up Maya. Gender, Identity and dynasty -- Head-shaping during the second millennium. Postclassic and post-contact Mesoamerica -- Conclusions: New perspectives for studying head-shaping practices in Mesoamerica. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484942403321 |
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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