Reshaping the world : debates on Mesoamerican cosmologies /

An exploration of the plurality, complexity and adaptability of Precolumbian and colonial-era Mesoamerican cosmological models and the ways anthropologists and historians have used colonial and indigenous texts to understand these models. That model comprised nine fixed layers of underworld and thir...

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Other Authors: Díaz Álvarez, Ana María (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
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Summary:An exploration of the plurality, complexity and adaptability of Precolumbian and colonial-era Mesoamerican cosmological models and the ways anthropologists and historians have used colonial and indigenous texts to understand these models. That model comprised nine fixed layers of underworld and thirteen fixed layers of heavens.
Physical Description:xvi, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607329435
1607329433
9781646420056
1646420055