Ritual & power in stone [electronic resource] : the performance of rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan style art / Julia Guernsey.
Publication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 213 p. : ill., mapsOther title:- Ritual and power in stone
- Mayas -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region -- Antiquities
- Maya sculpture -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region
- Maya art -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region
- Maya architecture -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region
- Petroglyphs -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Soconusco Region
- Izapa Site (Mexico)
- Soconusco Region (Mexico) -- Antiquities
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- F1435.1.I93 G84 2006eb
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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