The adorned body : mapping ancient Maya dress /
Drawing on extant material culture, as well as sculpture, painting, glyphs and other visual records, this edited volume examines the clothes and adornments of the Classic Maya, including who wore what, and why, and how these clothes/items were made. It further discusses how clothes, body paint, head...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
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| Summary: | Drawing on extant material culture, as well as sculpture, painting, glyphs and other visual records, this edited volume examines the clothes and adornments of the Classic Maya, including who wore what, and why, and how these clothes/items were made. It further discusses how clothes, body paint, headgear, jewelry, etc. varied across the larger Maya region and how it evolved over the centuries that constitute the Classic period. |
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| Physical Description: | 211 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477320709 1477320709 |