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Ritual & power in stone [electronic resource] : the performance of rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan style art / Julia Guernsey.

By: Guernsey, Julia, 1964-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.Other title: Ritual and power in stone.Subject(s): Mayas -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region -- Antiquities | Maya sculpture -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region | Maya art -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region | Maya architecture -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region | Petroglyphs -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region | Izapa Site (Mexico) | Soconusco Region (Mexico) -- AntiquitiesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 972/.601 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
An introduction to the late preclassic period -- The site of Izapa in context -- A historiography of Izapa and the Izapan style -- Part of a continuum : supernatural communication in late preclassic Izapan style art -- The performance of rulership : avian transformation in Izapan style monuments -- Monuments in context -- Beyond ritual : macaws, men, and matrices of exchange.
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972/.601 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-205) and index.

An introduction to the late preclassic period -- The site of Izapa in context -- A historiography of Izapa and the Izapan style -- Part of a continuum : supernatural communication in late preclassic Izapan style art -- The performance of rulership : avian transformation in Izapan style monuments -- Monuments in context -- Beyond ritual : macaws, men, and matrices of exchange.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.