Maya World of Communicating Objects : Quadripartite Crosses, Trees, and Stones.
Title:
Maya World of Communicating Objects : Quadripartite Crosses, Trees, and Stones.
Author:
Astor-Aguilera, Miguel.
ISBN:
9780826347657
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
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.
Abstract:
Astor-Aguilera argues that the western concept of religion and religious objects is not the framework for understanding Mayan cosmology or practice.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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