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Title Birds and beasts of ancient Mesoamerica : animal symbolism in the Postclassic period / edited by Susan Milbrath and Elizabeth Baquedano
Published Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2023]

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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
Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Mexico
Animals in art.
Animals, Mythical -- Central America
Animals, Mythical -- Mexico
Animals, Mythical, in art.
Indian art -- Central America.
Indian art -- Mexico.
Animals -- Mythology -- Central America
Animals -- Mythology -- Mexico
Animals -- Folklore
Symbolism in art.
Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
Animals -- Folklore
Animals in art
Animals, Mythical
Animals, Mythical, in art
Animals -- Mythology
Animals -- Symbolic aspects
Indian art
Indians of Central America -- Antiquities
Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities
Symbolism in art
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Central America
Mexico
Form Electronic book
Author Milbrath, Susan, editor.
Baquedano, Elizabeth, editor.
LC no. 2023013042
ISBN 1646424611
9781646424610