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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (some color) |
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Oxford studies in the archaeology of ancient states |
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Oxford studies in the archaeology of ancient states.
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"This chapter introduces the main protagonists and the theoretical framework underpinning the study of nearly 200 faunal remains retrieved from the offertory caches at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Animal matter, both corporeal animal forms (animal bodies and by-products) and their representation are understood within a relational ontology as active persons with social positionality established through intra-action with human and other-than-human persons. Corporeal animal forms are a material record of diachronic and synchronic physical intra-action between humans and animals. Thus, they provide optimal contextually situated reconstructions of the co-participation of animals in ritual performances. State ritualized performances are particularly effective sites of engagement to retrieve the social transactions between humans, animals, and other agentive persons during the process of sovereignty formation at Teotihuacan"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher website; title from digital cover (viewed on September 23, 2024) |
| Subject |
Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- San Juan Teotihuacán
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Human-animal relationships -- Mexico -- San Juan Teotihuacán
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Political customs and rites -- Mexico -- San Juan Teotihuacán
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Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- San Juan Teotihuacán -- Antiquities
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Indian architecture -- Mexico -- San Juan Teotihuacán
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- San Juan Teotihuacán
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History of the Americas.
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History.
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Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
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San Juan Teotihuacán (Mexico) -- Antiquities
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2024009010 |
| ISBN |
9780197653425 |
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0197653421 |
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9780197653418 |
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0197653413 |
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