TY  - BOOK
AU  - Staller,John E.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin
AV  - E59.R38 .P74 2008eb
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer
KW  - Indian mythology
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Landscape archaeology
KW  - Indians
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Religion
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Sacred space
KW  - Creation
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Accompanying CD-ROM contains reproductions of the illustrations in the book; Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofrad�ia ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in �Iv�i / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10223759
ER  -