Vital voids : cavities and holes in Mesoamerican material culture /

Anchored by, and regularly returning to, a single object, the decorated dish known as the "Resurrection Plate" of Late Classic Maya origin, this book is a wide-ranging consideration of the real and symbolic values attributed to cavities, holes and voids in Mesoamerican material culture. Fi...

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Main Author:	Finegold, Andrew, 1976- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mayas > Material culture. Mayas > Antiquities. Signs and symbols > Central America. Signs and symbols > Mexico. Holes in art. Symbolic anthropology.