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Author:
Guernsey, Julia, 1964-
Title:
Ritual & power in stone : the performance of rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan style art / Julia Guernsey.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xiii, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Izapa Site (Mexico)
Mayas--Soconusco Region--Soconusco Region--Antiquities.
Maya sculpture--Soconusco Region.--Soconusco Region.
Maya art--Soconusco Region.--Soconusco Region.
Maya architecture--Soconusco Region.--Soconusco Region.
Petroglyphs--Soconusco Region.--Soconusco Region.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Soconusco Region.--Soconusco Region.
Soconusco Region (Mexico)--Antiquities.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-205) and index.
Contents:
An introduction to the late preclassic period -- The site of Izapa in context -- A historiography of Izapa and the Izapan style -- Part of a continuum : supernatural communication in late preclassic Izapan style art -- The performance of rulership : avian transformation in Izapan style monuments -- Monuments in context -- Beyond ritual : macaws, men, and matrices of exchange.
ISBN:
9780292713239
0292713231
OCLC:
(OCoLC)69013120
LCCN:
2006015017
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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