Ceremonial lithics in classic Mesoamerica / edited by Zachary Hruby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hruby, Zachary X., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Implements.

Mayas.

Mayas--Rites and ceremonies.

Stone implements--Mexico.

Stone implements.

Stone implements--Central America.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Central America.

Physical Description:

xix, 374 pages: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2026]

Summary:

"The culmination of twenty-five years of study and interest in Mesoamerican rocks, especially the pieces of art into which they were crafted"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : regional technological and stylistic distributions in the Maya area and Central Mexico / Zachary Hruby

Silhouettes or eccentrics : a preliminary typology of ceremonial chipped-stones from Sierra de las Navajas and Teotihuacan / Alejandro Pastrana and Zachary Hruby

A review of indirect percussion techniques in the Americas and their possible applications in the manufacture of ceremonial lithic artifacts / Benjamin Eble and Zachary Hruby

Exploring Maya flint mastery : an autopsy of a ceremonial scepter / John E. Clark

Replication experiments of large biface silhouettes : the Devil is in the detail / James Woods

Was the elaborate Chert Eccentric from San Andres, El Salvador, made by the Rosalila Copan El Maestro? / Payson Sheets

Production techniques and caching practices at Xunantunich, Belize / Kelsey J. Sullivan

A technological and material comparison of Chert silhouettes from Ucanal, Guatemala and Xunantunich, Belize / Zachary Hruby, Christina Halperin, Catharina Santasilia, and Jaime Awe

Late classic lithics caches in northwestern Belize : technology and symbolism / Joshua J. Kwoka

An interpretative framework and description of ritualized obsidian from Caracol, Belize / Lucas R. M. Johnson, Arlen F. Chase, and Diane Z. Chase

Obsidian pressure-blade caches from the 8N-11 structure 69C at Las Sepulturas, Honduras / Jorge Ramos, Zachary Hruby, and Xinwei Li

Obsidian for the dead : understanding classic Maya tomb debitage from El Peru-Waka / David R. McCormick, Zachary Hruby, Olivia Navarro-Farr, Michelle Rich, and Keith Eppich

Volume summary : keeping stone alive, active, and attractive / Lucas R.M. Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Ceremonial lithics in classic Mesoamerica

ISBN:

9781646427802

1646427807

OCLC:

1552067703

Publisher Number:

90104370339