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The White Shaman mural : an enduring creation narrative in the rock art of the Lower Pecos / Carolyn E. Boyd ; with contributions by Kim Cox.
Penn Museum Library E78.T4 B69 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyd, Carolyn E., 1958- author.
- Series:
- Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
- The Linda Schele series in Maya and Pre-Columbian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.)--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Indian art--Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.).
- Indian art.
- Petroglyphs--Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.).
- Petroglyphs.
- Rock paintings--Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.).
- Rock paintings.
- Antiquities.
- Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.)--Antiquities.
- Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.).
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Coahuila (State).
- Texas.
- Texas--Val Verde County.
- United States--Pecos River Valley.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Archaic codices
- The painted landscape
- Transcribing and reading visual texts
- A primer : abiding themes in Mesoamerican thought
- Pilgrimage to creation : a reading of the White Shaman mural informed by Huichol mythology
- Return to creation : a reading of the White Shaman mural informed by Nahua mythology
- The art of transcendence.
- Notes:
- Folded plate (1 leaf, 39 x 61 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm) in pocket.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Boyd, Carolyn E., 1958- author. White Shaman mural
- ISBN:
- 9781477310304
- 1477310304
- OCLC:
- 936205570
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