Anthropomorphizing the cosmos : Middle Preclassic lowland Maya figurines, ritual, and time /: Middle Preclassic lowland Maya figurines, ritual, and time. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Prudence M. Rice.
• Authors: Rice, Prudence M
• Contents: Why figurines? -- Ritual, cooperation, costly signaling, and storytelling -- Overview : the human figure in formative Mesoamerica -- The Preclassic Maya lowlands and Central Petén -- Central Petén Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : the body -- The human head and face in formative Mesoamerica : biological considerations -- Central Petén Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : heads and faces -- Formative Mesoamerican heads : headgear, headdresses, and hairstyles -- Temporality, the sacred almanac, and writing -- Maya head-variant graphemes -- Summary and overview : Preclassic figurine heads and Classic Maya portrait glyphs -- Sound : musical instruments and zoomorphs -- Geochemistry : compositional analysis of Nixtun-Ch'ich' and Ixlu figurines -- Figurines, meanings, and contexts -- Anthropomorphizing the cosmos.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 972.81/2; Maya sculpture -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department); Mayas -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department) -- Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department); Figurines -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department); Rites and ceremonies -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department) -- History -- To 1500; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Figurines; Maya sculpture; Mayas -- Antiquities; Rites and ceremonies; HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico; Nixtun-Ch'ich' Site (Guatemala); Petén (Guatemala : Department) -- Antiquities; Guatemala -- Petén (Department); History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607328896; 1607328895
• Related ISBNs: 9781607328889; 1607328887
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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