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The Maya world of communicating objects [electronic resource] : quadripartite crosses, trees, and stones / Miguel Angel Astor-Aguilera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Astor-Aguilera, Miguel Angel, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maya cosmology.
- Mayas--Rites and ceremonies.
- Mayas.
- Maya architecture.
- Inscriptions, Mayan.
- Ceremonial objects.
- Symbolism in art.
- Symbolism in architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Astor-Aguilera argues that the western concept of religion and religious objects is not the framework for understanding Mayan cosmology or practice.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: What Are Mesoamerican Religions?; Chapter 2: The Living Ancestors; Chapter 3: Postclassic and Colonial Mesoamerican World Views and Mayan Communicating Objects; Chapter 4: Close Encounters with Maya and Roman Catholic Crosses; Chapter 5: Pigs for the Sun and a Mayan Communicating Stela; Chapter 6: Communicating Bundles and the Ancestors; Chapter 7: End Discussion; Notes; Glossary; References Cited; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-63703-0
- 0-8263-4765-7
- OCLC:
- 817819509
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