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Material relations : the marriage figurines of prehispanic Honduras /

Focusing on marriage figurines, double human figurines that represent relations formed through social alliances, Hendon, Joyce and Lopiparo examine the material relations created in Honduras between AD 500 and 1000, a period of time when a network of social houses linked settlements of a variety of...

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Main Authors: Hendon, Julia A. (Julia Ann) (Author), Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956- (Author), Lopiparo, Jeanne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
Subjects:
Indians of Central America > Honduras > Antiquities.
Indians of Central America > Honduras > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Central America > Social networks > Honduras.
Marriage > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Figurines > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Material culture > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Community life > Honduras > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology > Honduras.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Honduras.
Honduras > Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Working with Clay : Honduran Figurine Traditions
  • Chapter 2. Copán : Making Kin
  • Chapter 3. Tenampua : Conflict and Competition
  • Chapter 4. Campo Dos : Wealth and Influence
  • Chapter 5. CurrustĂ© : Family and Ancestors
  • Chapter 6. Travesia : Difference and Identity
  • Chapter 7. Cerro Palenque : Hosting and Power
  • Epilogue.