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Author Bošković, Aleksandar, author.

Title Mesoamerican religions and archaeology : essays in pre-Columbian civilizations / Aleksandar Bošković.

Publication Info. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017]
©2017
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 91 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
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Series Archaeopress pre-Columbian archaeology ; 7
Archaeopress Pre-Columbian archaeology ; 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The main goal of this work is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica.
Audience Specialized.
Note Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service.
Contents Part One -- Cultures in Context; 1. Regional Perspectives on the Olmec; 2. Comparing Changes in Mesoamerica; 3. Pre-Columbian Ceramics and the Maya; 4. Explaining Copan; 5. Vision and Revision; 6. Ancient Maya Politics and Ideology; 7. Paletin's Discovery of the New World; 8. Codex Borbonicus; Part Two -- Myths, Dreams, and Religions; 9. Religions of Mesoamerica; 10. Mesoamerican Dualism; 11. Forest of Kings; 12. The Meaning of Maya Myths; 13. Interpreting Tlaloc; 14. Templo Mayor; 15. Aztec Great Goddesses: Their Functions and Meaning; 16. Jacques Soustelle's Studies of Aztec Religion; 17. Mayan Folklore from Lake Atitlan; 18. Lacandon Stories; 19. A Discourse-Centred Approach to Myths and Culture.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Central America -- Antiquities.
Central America.
Antiquities.
Central America -- Civilization -- To 1500.
Civilization.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Indians of Central America -- Religion -- History -- To 1500.
Indians of Central America -- Religion.
History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Genre/Form History.
Added Author Archaeopress, publisher.
Other Form: Print version: Bošković, Aleksandar. Mesoamerican religions and archaeology. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017] 1784915025 (DLC) 2017303657 (OCoLC)969849798
ISBN 1784915033 (electronic book)
9781784915032 (electronic book)
9781784915025 (paperback)
1784915025 (paperback)

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