Ritual and Power in Stone The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art

A masterful art historical analysis of how Late Preclassic (300 BC to AD 250) rulers in Chiapas, Mexico, created an elite visual language to express political and supernatural authority which spread through much of the Maya world.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Guernsey, Julia
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Austin University of Texas Press 2006
Edition1
SeriesThe Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies
Subjects
Archaeology
SOCIAL SCIENCE
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Table of Contents:
  • Notes Six. Monuments in Context Seven. Beyond Ritual: Macaws, Men, and Matrices of Exchange Five. The Performance of Rulership: Avian Transformation in Izapan Style Monuments Four. Part of a Continuum: Supernatural Communication in Late Preclassic Izapan Style Art Two. The Site of Izapa in Context Three. A Historiography of Izapa and the Izapan Style Preface and Acknowledgments One. An Introduction to the Late Preclassic Period Contents Title Page, Copyright Page Cover Bibliography Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- ONE. An Introduction to the Late Preclassic Period -- TWO. The Site of Izapa in Context -- THREE. A Historiography of Izapa and the Izapan Style -- FOUR. Part of a Continuum: Supernatural Communication in Late Preclassic Izapan Style Art -- FIVE. The Performance of Rulership: Avian Transformation in Izapan Style Monuments -- SIX. Monuments in Context -- SEVEN. Beyond Ritual: Macaws, Men, and Matrices of Exchange -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index