| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
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Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Deer life: the Maya ethnobiology of deer -- Bones to picks: the classic Maya use and depiction of durable deer remains -- Big bucks: deer and social status -- Wearing the horns: deer, sexuality, and fertility in "dying god" scenes -- Locking horns: deer hunting, warfare, the ballgame, and male rites of passage -- Hart's devotion: the Siip in classic and postclassic Maya society -- A sinking hart: the solar symbolism of deer in Maya art -- Deer departed: cervid spirits of death and disease -- Epilogue. Out of the woods: deer and borders. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maya art.
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Maya art. |
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Deer in art.
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Deer in art. |
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Animals and civilization.
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Animals and civilization. |
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Human-animal relationships.
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Mayas -- Antiquities.
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Mayas -- Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9781477318058 1477318054 (DLC) 2018034569 |
| ISBN |
9781477318065 (electronic book) |
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1477318062 (electronic book) |
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9781477318058 |
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1477318054 |
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