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Maya Gods of War Karen Bassie-Sweet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weapons, Ancient.
- Warfare, Prehistoric.
- Maya mythology.
- Maya gods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Archaeological projects have found substantial evidence of the military nature of Maya society, and warfare is a frequent theme of Maya art. Bassie-Sweet investigates the Classic Period Maya gods who were associated with weapons of war, and the flint and obsidian from which those weapons were made"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chahk deities and flint weapons
- The flint and fire deity GIII
- Classic Maya Tlaloc deities and their obsidian meteor weapons
- The Kaloomte' lords
- The offices and regalia of the Tlaloc cult
- Women in the Tlaloc cult
- God L : an obsidian and mercantile deity.
- Notes:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781646421312
- 1646421310
- OCLC:
- 1237652225
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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