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The Maya world of communicating objects : quadripartite crosses, trees, and stones / Miguel Angel Astor-Aguilera.

Author/creator Astor-Aguilera, Miguel Angel, 1961-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxix, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Maya cosmology.
Mayas--Rites and ceremonies.
Maya architecture.
Inscriptions, Mayan.
Ceremonial objects.
Symbolism in art.
Symbolism in architecture.
Contents What are Mesoamerican religions? -- The living ancestors : regeneration in preclassic and classic Mesoamerican imagery -- Postclassic and colonial Mesoamerican world views and Mayan communicating objects -- Close encounters with Maya and Roman Catholic crosses -- Pigs for the sun and a Mayan communicating Stela -- Communicating bundles and the ancestors : historically traditional Maya cosmologies -- End discussion : quadripartitioning and Native American relational world views.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-323) and index.
LCCN 2010033755
ISBN9780826347633 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0826347630 (cloth : alk. paper)

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