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050 00 $a F1434.2 R3 M46 2015
245 00 $a Memory traces : $b analyzing sacred space at five Mesoamerican sites / $c edited by Cynthia Kristan-Graham and Laura M. Amrhein.
264  1 $a Boulder : $b University Press of Colorado, $c [2015]
300    $a xxx, 231 pages ; $c 24 cm
520 2  $a "Art historians and archaeologists from the US and Mexico come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the process of defining sacred space; how modern Western definitions differ from ancient Mesoamerica; how sacred spaces were conceived and used physically and symbolically; and what theoretical approaches are useful for art historians and archaeologists"-- $c Provided by publisher.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  $a Introduction: Sacred spaces as subject and study in the Mesoamerican landscape / Keith M. Prufer -- Passing through the center : the architectural and social contexts of Teotihuacan painting / Patricia J. Sarro and Matthew H. Robb -- Where rulers are made : spaces of political legitimacy at Tula and El Taj©Ưn / Rex Koontz -- Building memories at Tula : sacred landscapes and architectural veneration / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- The House of the Phalli and the constitution of sacred space through gender performances at Chich©♭n Itz©Ł / Laura M. Amrhein and Matthew G. Looper -- Establishing and translating Maya spaces at Tonina and Ocosingo : how indigenous portraits were moved, mutilated, and made Christian in New Spain / Linnea Wren, Travis Nygard, and Kaylee Spencer -- Final thoughts: Space, place, ritual, and identity in ancient Mesoamerica / Nicholas P. Dunning and Eric Weaver.
650  0 $a Indians of Central America $x Antiquities.
650  0 $a Indians of Mexico $x Antiquities.
650  0 $a Sacred space $z Central America.
650  0 $a Sacred space $z Mexico.
650  0 $a Indian art $z Central America.
650  0 $a Indian art $z Mexico.
650  0 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $z Central America.
650  0 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $z Mexico.
651  0 $a Central America $x Antiquities.
651  0 $a Mexico $x Antiquities.
700 1  $a Kristan-Graham, Cynthia, $e editor.
700 1  $a Amrhein, Laura Marie, $d 1967- $e editor.
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