Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-182) and index.
Contents:
A virgin's procession -- Maya effigies and material sacrality -- The Itzmal icon -- Maya religiosity and material contagion -- Maya conceptions of Mary's birth.
Summary:
"Investigates the origins of Maya veneration of the Virgin Mary and the processes of religious transformation during the first two hundred years of Spanish colonization in Yucatan"--Provided by publisher.
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