Heart of creation : the Mesoamerican world and the legacy of Linda Schele / edited by Andrea Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Andrea Joyce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schele, Linda.

Mayas.

Mayan languages--Writing.

Mayan languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this ancient Mesoamerican culture, similar to the way in which Margaret Mead introduced anthropology and the people of Borneo to the En

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Reaching for the Stars: Linda Schele's Contributions to Maya Astronomy

3. Creation and the Ritual of the Bacabs

4. The Landscape of Creation: Architecture, Tomb, and Monument Placement at the Olmec Site of La Venta

5. Carved in Stone: The Cosmological Narratives of Late Preclassic Izapan-Style Monuments from the Paci¤c Slope

6. Gardening with the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan

7. Terminal Classic Sacred Place and Factional Politics at El Tajin, Veracruz

8. The Planet of Kings: Jupiter in Maya Cosmology

9. Ritual Circuits as Key Elements in Maya Civic Center Design

10. The Toponyms of El Cayo, Piedras Negras, and La Mar

11. Quirigua Zoomorph P: A Water Throne and Mountain of Creation

12. New Dance, Old Xius: The "Xiu Family Tree" and Maya Cultural

13. The Workshops on Maya History and Writing in Guatemala and Mexico

14. The Schele Icon and Maya Mania: The Growth of Public Interest in Maya Epigraphy

Appendix 1. Bibliography of Linda Schele's Publications

Appendix 2. Schele-ana: Memories of Linda Schele

The Living Maya, the Mukta Antz Chingón, and Me: A Tale of Life and Death

This Will Blow Your Mind

The Rabbit Woman

Working with Linda

Writing on Through with Linda

Spider Eyes

The Age of Schele

Remembrances of Linda Schele at the University of Texas at Austin

Remembering the Blood of Kings

Linda Scholastica

References

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-325) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8317-4

OCLC:

609852674