Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin
Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin [electronic resource] /
John Edward Staller, editor.
- New York, NY : Springer, c2008.
- xii, 389 p. : ill., maps.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains reproductions of the illustrations in the book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofrad�ia ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in �Iv�i / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA797260 bnb
Uk
Indian mythology--Latin America.
Landscape archaeology--Latin America.
Indians--Antiquities.
Indians--Religion.
Indians--Social life and customs.
Sacred space--Latin America.
Creation.
Latin America--Antiquities.
Latin America--Civilization.
Electronic books.
E59.R38 / .P74 2008eb
Accompanying CD-ROM contains reproductions of the illustrations in the book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofrad�ia ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in �Iv�i / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA797260 bnb
Uk
Indian mythology--Latin America.
Landscape archaeology--Latin America.
Indians--Antiquities.
Indians--Religion.
Indians--Social life and customs.
Sacred space--Latin America.
Creation.
Latin America--Antiquities.
Latin America--Civilization.
Electronic books.
E59.R38 / .P74 2008eb