Touching the past : ritual, religion, and trade of Casas Grandes / edited by Glenna Nielsen-Grimm and Paul Stavast.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nielsen-Grimm, Glenna.

Stavast, Paul.

Brigham Young University. Museum of Peoples and Cultures.

Series:

Museum of Peoples and Cultures popular series ; 5.

Popular series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Commerce.

Indians of Mexico.

Rites and ceremonies.

Antiquities.

Indian pottery.

Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)--Exhibitions.

Casas Grandes Site (Mexico).

Indian pottery--Mexico--Chihuahua (State)--Exhibitions.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chihuahua (State)--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chihuahua (State)--Rites and ceremonies.

Indians of Mexico--Religion.

Mexico--Chihuahua (State).

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

v, 156 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Provo, Utah : Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, [2008]

Contents:

Touching the past: an introduction to Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico / Glenna Nielsen-Grimm

Birds, bells, & shells: the long reach of the Aztatlán trading tradition / Todd VanPool ... [et al.]

Ramos black, cults of the dead, and ritual practices at Casas Grandes, Mexico / Gordon F.M. Rakita

The "game of life and death" within the Casas Grades region of northern Mexico / Marcel Harmon

Plumed and horned serpents of the American Southwest / Christine VanPool, Todd VanPool, Marcel Harmon

Field guide to the ceramic types of the Casas Grandes region / Christine S. VanPool ... [et al.]

Casas Grandes pottery catalogue.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures; includes articles by authors invited to a lecture series.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-156).

ISBN:

9780615265957

0615265952

OCLC:

298778883