Maya Iconography
eBook - ePub

Maya Iconography

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Maya Iconography

About this book

A landmark work on the iconography of one of the world’s great civilizations

This book presents foundational work on Maya iconography from leading practitioners in fields ranging from archaeology, anthropology, and art history to linguistics, astronomy, photography, and medicine. The period discussed runs from the last centuries B.C. through the great Maya Classic period, with some discussion of later eras and of regions outside the Maya area. Featuring an incisive introduction by Elizabeth Benson and Gillett Griffin, Maya Iconography demonstrates how Maya beliefs developed over time and makes important connections between Preclassic and Classic iconography.

The contributors are John Carlson, Michael Coe, David Freidel, Donald Hales, Norman Hammond, Nicholas Hellmuth, John Justeson, Barbara Kerr, Justin Kerr, Mary Ellen Miller, William Norman, Lee Parsons, Francis Robicsek, Linda Schele, David Stuart, and Karl Taube.

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Yes, you can access Maya Iconography by Elizabeth P. Benson, Gillett G. Griffin, Elizabeth P. Benson,Gillett G. Griffin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Ancient Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Proto-Maya Aspects of Miraflores-Arenal Monumental Stone Sculpture from Kaminaljuyu and the Southern Pacific Coast
  9. Chapter 2: Symbol and Power: A History of the Lowland Maya Cosmogram
  10. Chapter 3: The Pomona Flare: A Preclassic Maya Hieroglyphic Text
  11. Chapter 4: Early Maya Iconography on an Incised Cylindrical Tripod
  12. Chapter 5: Blood Symbolism in Maya Iconography
  13. Chapter 6: Ideology of the Maya Tomb
  14. Chapter 7: Some Observations on Maya Vase Painters
  15. Chapter 8: A Ceramic Codex Fragment: The Sacrifice of Xbalanque
  16. Chapter 9: Skyband Representations in Classic Maya Vase Painting
  17. Chapter 10: The Xibalba Shuffle: A Dance after Death
  18. Chapter 11: The Boys in the Bonampak Band
  19. Chapter 12: A Study of Classic Maya Scaffold Sacrifice
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index