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Ritual & power in stone : the performance of rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan style art /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guernsey, Julia, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Soconusco (Mexico : Region) > Antiquities.
Izapa Site (Mexico)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Mexico > Soconusco (Region)
Petroglyphs > Mexico > Soconusco (Region)
Maya architecture > Mexico > Soconusco (Region)
Maya art > Mexico > Soconusco (Region)
Maya sculpture > Mexico > Soconusco (Region)
Mayas > Mexico > Soconusco (Region) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.