| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 430 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
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 Lpez 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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 29, 2023) |
| Subject |
Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Central America
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Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Mexico
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Animals in art.
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Animals, Mythical -- Central America
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Animals, Mythical -- Mexico
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Animals, Mythical, in art.
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Indian art -- Central America.
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Indian art -- Mexico.
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Animals -- Mythology -- Central America
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Animals -- Mythology -- Mexico
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Animals -- Folklore
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Symbolism in art.
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Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
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Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
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Animals -- Folklore
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Animals in art
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Animals, Mythical
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Animals, Mythical, in art
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Animals -- Mythology
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Animals -- Symbolic aspects
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Indian art
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Indians of Central America -- Antiquities
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Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities
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Symbolism in art
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Central America
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Mexico
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Milbrath, Susan, editor.
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Baquedano, Elizabeth, editor.
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| LC no. |
2023013042 |
| ISBN |
1646424611 |
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9781646424610 |
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