Mesas & cosmologies in Mesoamerica / edited by Douglas Sharon ; [with contributions by James E. Brady ... [and others]].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Sharon, Douglas.

Brady, James Edward, 1948-

Conference Name:

Latin American Symposium (11th : 2002 : San Diego Museum of Man)

Series:

San Diego Museum papers ; no. 42.

San Diego Museum papers ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies--Congresses.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Rites and ceremonies--Congresses.

Indians of Central America.

Shamanism--Mexico--Congresses.

Shamanism.

Shamanism--Guatemala--Congresses.

Cosmology--Congresses.

Cosmology.

Rites and ceremonies.

Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies.

Guatemala.

Mexico.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Mesas and cosmologies in Mesoamerica

Place of Publication:

[San Diego] : [San Diego Museum of Man], 2003.

Contents:

Preface / Douglas Sharon

Introduction

Shamanism, mesas, & cosmologies in middle America / Douglas Sharon

Central and Northern Mexico

Curanderos' altar-mesas in Mexico City / Roberto Campos-Navarro

Sierra Otomí religious symbolism: mankind responding to the natural world / James W. Dow

The annual "Royal Ceremony" on Mt. Tlaloc: mountain fertility ritualism in the late pre-Hispanic basin of Mexico / H.B. Nicholson

Sacred mountains and miniature worlds: altar design among the Nahua of Northern Veracruz, Mexico / Alan R. Sandstrom

The Wixárika (Huichol) Altar: place of the souls, stairway of the sun / Stacy B. Schaefer

Southern Mexico and Guatemala

In my hill, in my valley: the importance of place in ancient Maya ritual / James E. Brady

Manipulating the cosmos: shamanic tables among the highland Maya / Allen J. Christenson

Altars for ancestors: Maya altars for the days of the dead in Yucatán / Judith Green

Wind, rain, and stone: ancient and contemporary Maya meteorology / Matthew G. Looper

Shamanic mesas of Yucatán and their historical roots / Bruce Love

Shamanism, colonialism, and the mesa in Mesoamerican religious discourse / John Monaghan.

Notes:

" ... collection of papers presented at the 11th Latin American Symposium, San Diego Museum of Man, March 16, 2002"--P. vi.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0937808806

OCLC:

56420534