Animal matter : ritual, place, and sovereignty at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan /
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| Author / Creator: | Sugiyama, Nawa, author. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( 1 volume) : illustrations (some color). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford studies in the archaeology of ancient states Oxford studies in the archaeology of ancient states. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13580979 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Ritualization of Animal Matter
- Animal Matter
- Ritual: Definitions and Interpretive Paradigms
- Corporeal Animal Forms as Ritualized Bodies
- A Relational Ontological Narrative
- Chapter 2 Placemaking: Teotihuacan's Altepetl
- Place and Ritual
- The Mountain: The Concept of Altepetl
- Setting the Stage
- Producing Monumentality at Teotihuacan
- Chapter 3 Animal Politics
- Animal Hierarchies
- Felids (Felidae): Jaguars and Pumas
- Canids (Canidae): Wolves and Coyotes
- Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Rattlesnakes (Crotalus sp.)
- Animal Politics at Teotihuacan
- Chapter 4 The Zooarchaeological Data
- Felids
- Canids
- Eagles
- Rattlesnakes
- Microfauna: Stomach Contents
- Other Avian and Nonlocal Fauna
- Zooarchaeological Summary
- Chapter 5 Isotope Evidence of Captivity
- Stable Isotopes as Paleodietary Proxies
- Hypothesis
- Teotihuacan Isotope Results
- Intra-Species Isotopic Patterns
- Life Histories of Teeth and Bones
- Chapter 6 Animal Biographies
- Primary Corporeal Animal Forms
- Secondary Corporeal Animal Forms
- Animal Biography #1: Primary Puma, E.1818
- Animal Biography #2: Secondary Eagle, E.2246
- Animal Biography #3: Primary Wolf, E.2199
- Animal Biography #4: Primary Rattlesnake, E.1494
- The Ritualization Process: The Toxcatl Festival
- Co-Producing Ritualized Bodies: Animal Sacrifice at Teotihuacan
- Chapter 7 Animals Inhabiting the Altepetl
- Building 4: Burial 2
- Building 4: Burial 6
- Building 5: Burial 3
- Building 5 to 6 Transition: Burial 5
- Co-producing the Altepetl: Building 4
- Maintenance and Change, Durability of the Altepetl: Burials 3 and 5
- Animal Politics in Sovereignty Formations
- Chapter 8 Epilogue:: A Thick Description of Burial 6
- Burial 6: A Thick Description
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
