| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Sculpture and Social Dynamics in Preclassic Mesoamerica; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; Mesoamerican sculpture; The potbelly sculptural form; Methodological issues and challenges; Sculpture and social processes; Organization of the book; Conclusions; 2: Potbellies and Sculpture: A Brief History of Preclassic Scholarship; Introduction; The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s to the present; Conclusions |
| Summary |
"This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Julia Guernsey situates the origins and evolution of monumental stone sculpture within a broader social and political context and demonstrates the role that such sculpture played in creating and institutionalizing social hierarchies. This book focuses specifically on an enigmatic type of public, monumental sculpture known as the 'potbelly' that traces its antecedents to earlier, small domestic ritual objects and ceramic figurines. The cessation of domestic rituals involving ceramic figurines along the Pacific slope coincided not only with the creation of the first monumental potbelly sculptures, but with the rise of the first state-level societies in Mesoamerica by the advent of the Late Preclassic period. The potbellies became central to the physical representation of new forms of social identity and expressions of political authority during this time of dramatic change"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Maya sculpture.
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Olmec sculpture.
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Indian sculpture -- Mexico.
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Indian sculpture -- Central America.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
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Indian sculpture
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Maya sculpture
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Olmec sculpture
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Central America
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Mexico
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139525954 |
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1139525956 |
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9781139528344 |
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1139528343 |
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1283522012 |
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9781283522014 |
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9780511998256 |
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0511998252 |
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1139530623 |
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9781139530620 |
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1139539957 |
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9781139539951 |
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1107229200 |
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9781107229204 |
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1139527150 |
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9781139527156 |
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9786613834461 |
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6613834467 |
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1139531816 |
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9781139531818 |
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