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Birds and beasts of ancient Mesoamerica: animal symbolism in the Postclassic period

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dc.contributor.authorMilbrath, Susan, editor
dc.contributor.authorBaquedano, Elizabeth, editor
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-18T21:10:24Z
dc.date.available2023-12-18T21:10:24Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractBirds 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.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsReflections 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 López Luján, 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.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/237316
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectAnimals -- Symbolic aspects -- Central America
dc.subjectAnimals -- Symbolic aspects -- Mexico
dc.subjectAnimals in art
dc.subjectAnimals, Mythical -- Central America
dc.subjectAnimals, Mythical -- Mexico
dc.subjectAnimals, Mythical, in art
dc.subjectIndian art -- Central America
dc.subjectIndian art -- Mexico
dc.subjectAnimals -- Mythology -- Central America
dc.subjectAnimals -- Mythology -- Mexico
dc.subjectAnimals -- Folklore
dc.subjectSymbolism in art
dc.subjectIndians of Central America -- Antiquities
dc.subjectIndians of Mexico -- Antiquities
dc.titleBirds and beasts of ancient Mesoamerica: animal symbolism in the Postclassic period
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