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Anthropomorphizing the cosmos : Middle Preclassic lowland Maya figurines, ritual, and time / Prudence M. Rice.
Penn Museum Library F1435.3.S34 R54 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Prudence M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maya sculpture--Guatemala--Petén (Department).
- Maya sculpture.
- Mayas--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--Antiquities.
- Mayas.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Guatemala--Petén (Department).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Figurines--Guatemala--Petén (Department).
- Figurines.
- Rites and ceremonies--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--History--To 1500.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- History.
- Antiquities.
- Nixtun-Ch'ich' Site (Guatemala).
- Petén (Guatemala : Department)--Antiquities.
- Petén (Guatemala : Department).
- Mayas--Antiquities.
- Guatemala--Petén (Department).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Exploring the sociocultural significance of approximately three hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at Nixtun-Ch'ich' on Lake Petén Itzá in northern Guatemala. In this analysis--hand-modeled, terracotta, anthropomorphic fragments, animal figures, and musical instruments. Rice offers a broad swath of theory and comparative data on ritual practice"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Why figurines?
- Ritual, cooperation, costly signaling, and storytelling
- Overview : the human figure in formative Mesoamerica
- The Preclassic Maya lowlands and Central Petén
- Central Petén Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : the body
- The human head and face in formative Mesoamerica : biological considerations
- Central Petén Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : heads and faces
- Formative Mesoamerican heads : headgear, headdresses, and hairstyles
- Temporality, the sacred almanac, and writing
- Maya head-variant graphemes
- Summary and overview : Preclassic figurine heads and Classic Maya portrait glyphs
- Sound : musical instruments and zoomorphs
- Geochemistry : compositional analysis of Nixtun-Ch'ich' and Ixlú figurines
- Figurines, meanings, and contexts
- Anthropomorphizing the cosmos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607328889
- 1607328887
- OCLC:
- 1083153251
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