Memory traces : analyzing sacred space at five Mesoamerican sites /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
Description:	xxx, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
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. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Indian art. Indians of Central America -- Antiquities. Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities. Sacred space. Central America -- Antiquities. Mexico -- Antiquities. Central America. Mexico.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10384559

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Other authors / contributors:	Kristan-Graham, Cynthia, editor. Amrhein, Laura Marie, 1967- editor.
ISBN:	9781607323761 1607323761 9781607323778
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

Table of 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 Tajín / 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 Chichén Itzá / 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
Conclusion: Space, place, ritual, and identity in ancient Mesoamerica / Nicholas P. Dunning and Eric Weaver.

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