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Title:
Memory traces : analyzing sacred space at five Mesoamerican sites / edited by Cynthia Kristan-Graham and Laura M. Amrhein.
Publisher:
University Press of Colorado,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xxx, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Sacred space--Central America.
Sacred space--Mexico.
Indian art--Central America.
Indian art--Mexico.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Central America.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico.
Central America--Antiquities.
Mexico--Antiquities.
Other Authors:
Kristan-Graham, Cynthia, editor.
Amrhein, Laura Marie, 1967- editor.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1607323761
9781607323761
OCLC:
(OCoLC)898206147
LCCN:
2014044820
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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