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Guernsey, Julia, 1964-

Ritual & power in stone the performance of rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan style art / [electronic resource] : Ritual and power in stone Julia Guernsey. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006. - xiii, 213 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-205) and index.

An introduction to the late preclassic period -- The site of Izapa in context -- A historiography of Izapa and the Izapan style -- Part of a continuum : supernatural communication in late preclassic Izapan style art -- The performance of rulership : avian transformation in Izapan style monuments -- Monuments in context -- Beyond ritual : macaws, men, and matrices of exchange.


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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mayas--Antiquities.--Mexico--Soconusco Region
Maya sculpture--Mexico--Soconusco Region.
Maya art--Mexico--Soconusco Region.
Maya architecture--Mexico--Soconusco Region.
Petroglyphs--Mexico--Soconusco Region.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--Soconusco Region.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Izapa Site (Mexico)
Soconusco Region (Mexico)--Antiquities.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F1435.1.I93 / G84 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 972/.601