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Birds and beasts of ancient Mesoamerica : animal symbolism in the Postclassic period / edited by Susan Milbrath and Elizabeth Baquedano

Published
Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2023]
Physical Description
viii, 430 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Milbrath, Susan and Baquedano, Elizabeth

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Contents
Reflections on the scholarship of Cecelia Ford Klein and on animal symbolism in Mesoamerica / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- How to construct a dragon for a changing world : the zoomorph on the Venus Platform at Chichen Itza / Cecelia F. Klein -- Pumas and eagles and wolves, oh my! The appropriation and alteration of Teotihuacan processing predators at Tula / Keith Jordan -- An animal kingdom at Chichen Itza : reconstructing a sculptural tableau at the Sacred Cenote / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- Frogs and toads in postclassic Mesoamerica / Elizabeth Baquedano -- Coyolxauhqui's serpents : political metaphors in Mexica sculptures / Emily Umberger and Elizabeth Aguilera -- Quail in the religious life of the ancient Nahuas / Elena Mazzetto -- Lessening the sting : huipil power and deadly scorpions / Jeanne L. Gillespie -- Dressed to kill : richly adorned animals in the offerings of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan / Leonardo L̤pez Luj̀n, Alejandra Aguirre Molina, and Israel Elizalde Mendez -- Animal symbolism in calendar almanacs of the Codex Borgia and links to postclassic imagery in Mexico / Susan Milbrath -- The new year pages of the Dresden Codex and the concept of co-essence / Merideth Paxton -- Animal manifestations of the creator deities in the Maya codices and the Popol Vuh / Gabrielle Vail and Allen Christenson -- A New World bestiary in postclassic Mesoamerica / Susan Milbrath.
Summary
"Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica explores animal symbolism in the Postclassic era, deconstructing the placement and use of animal symbolism in material practices and indigenous cosmology"--
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9781646424603 hardcover
1646424603 hardcover
9781646424610 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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