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The beast between : deer in Maya art and culture / Matthew Looper.

Penn Museum Library F1435.3.A7 L66 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Looper, Matthew George, 1966- 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):
Maya art.
Deer in art.
Animals and civilization.
Human-animal relationships.
Mayas--Antiquities.
Mayas.
Physical Description:
viii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019.
Contents:
Deer life : the Maya ethnobiology of deer
Bones to picks : the classic Maya use and depiction of durable deer remains
Big bucks : deer and social status
Wearing the horns : deer, sexuality, and fertility in "dying god" scenes
Locking horns : deer hunting, warfare, the ballgame, and male rites of passage
Hart's devotion : the Siip in classic and postclassic Maya society
A sinking hart : the solar symbolism of deer in Maya art
Deer departed : cervid spirits of death and disease
Epilogue. Out of the woods: deer and borders.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-263) and index.
ISBN:
9781477318058
1477318054
OCLC:
1048658442

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