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02684aam a2200397 a 4500 001 074E79666A8C11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 090316s2010 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009011464 020 $a 0521112273 020 $a 9780521112277 035 $a (OCoLC)317118235 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d UKM $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d BWK $d BTCTA $d IXA $d IG# $d UWO $d SILO 043 $a nc----- $a nc----- 050 00 $a F1219.3 S6 M44 2010 100 1 $a Megged, Amos 245 10 $a Social memory in ancient and colonial Mesoamerica / $c Amos Megged. 260 $a Cambridge [England] ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2010. 300 $a xiii, 342 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 27 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 1 $a "Before the Spanish conquest and well into the eighteenth century, Mesoamerican peoples believed that "time" and "space" were contained in earthly and heavenly receptacles that were visualized metaphorically. This circumscribed space contained the abodes of the dead. There, deities and ancestral spirits could be revived and the living could communicate with them. ... Megged uncovers the missing links in Mesoamerican peoples' quest for their collective past. Analyzing ancient repositories of knowledge, as well as social and religious practices, he uncovers the unique procedures and formulas by which social memory was communicated and how it operated in Mesoamerica prior to the Spanish conquest. He also explores how cherished and revived practices evolved, how they were adapted to changing circumstances, and how they helped various ethnic groups cope with the tribulations of colonization and Christianization. Megged's volume also suggests how social and cultural historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists can rethink indigenous representations of the past while taking into account the deep transformations in Mexican society during the colonial era."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Indians of Mexico $x Social life and customs 650 0 $a Indians of Central America $x Social life and customs 650 0 $a Collective memory $z Mexico $x History. 650 0 $a Collective memory $z Central America $x History. 650 0 $a Sacred space $z Mexico $x History. 650 0 $a Sacred space $z Central America $x History. 650 0 $a Space and time $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Space and time $x History. $x History. 651 00 $a Mexico $x Social life and customs. 651 0 $a Central America $x Social life and customs 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825073124.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=074E79666A8C11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search