Maya Gods of War / Karen Bassie-Sweet
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| Autore: |
Bassie-Sweet Karen <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Maya Gods of War / Karen Bassie-Sweet
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| Pubblicazione: | Louisville : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2021] |
| ©[2021] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 355.02 |
| Soggetto topico: | Weapons, Ancient |
| Warfare, Prehistoric | |
| Maya mythology | |
| Maya gods | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Chahk deities and flint weapons -- The flint and fire deity GIII -- Classic Maya Tlaloc deities and their obsidian meteor weapons -- The Kaloomte' lords -- The offices and regalia of the Tlaloc cult -- Women in the Tlaloc cult -- God L : an obsidian and mercantile deity. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Archaeological projects have found substantial evidence of the military nature of Maya society, and warfare is a frequent theme of Maya art. Bassie-Sweet investigates the Classic Period Maya gods who were associated with weapons of war, and the flint and obsidian from which those weapons were made"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Maya Gods of War |
| ISBN: | 1-64642-131-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910482011403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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