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Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica : Animal Symbolism in the Postclassic Period
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- Summary
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"Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica explores animal symbolism in the Postclassic era, deconstructing the placement and use of animal symbolism in material practices and indigenous cosmology"--
Details
- Creator
- edited by Susan Milbrath and Elizabeth Baquedano
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2023]
- ©[2023]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781646424610, 1646424611, 9781646424603
- OCLC
- on1378934795
- Reflections on the scholarship of Cecelia Ford Klein and on animal symbolism in Mesoamerica / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- How to construct a dragon for a changing world : the zoomorph on the Venus Platform at Chichen Itza / Cecelia F. Klein -- Pumas and eagles and wolves, oh my! The appropriation and alteration of Teotihuacan processing predators at Tula / Keith Jordan -- An animal kingdom at Chichen Itza : reconstructing a sculptural tableau at the Sacred Cenote / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- Frogs and toads in postclassic Mesoamerica / Elizabeth Baquedano -- Coyolxauhqui's serpents : political metaphors in Mexica sculptures / Emily Umberger and Elizabeth Aguilera -- Quail in the religious life of the ancient Nahuas / Elena Mazzetto -- Lessening the sting : huipil power and deadly scorpions / Jeanne L. Gillespie -- Dressed to kill : richly adorned animals in the offerings of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan / Leonardo L̤pez Luj̀n, Alejandra Aguirre Molina, and Israel Elizalde Mendez -- Animal symbolism in calendar almanacs of the Codex Borgia and links to postclassic imagery in Mexico / Susan Milbrath -- The new year pages of the Dresden Codex and the concept of co-essence / Merideth Paxton -- Animal manifestations of the creator deities in the Maya codices and the Popol Vuh / Gabrielle Vail and Allen Christenson -- A New World bestiary in postclassic Mesoamerica / Susan Milbrath
Subjects
- Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
- Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
- Symbolism in art.
- Animals -- Folklore.
- Animals -- Mythology -- Mexico.
- Animals -- Mythology -- Central America.
- Indian art -- Mexico.
- Indian art -- Central America.
- Animals, Mythical, in art.
- Animals, Mythical -- Mexico.
- Animals, Mythical -- Central America.
- Animals in art.
- Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Mexico.
- Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Central America.