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Ancient Zapotec religion: an ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective

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dc.contributor.authorLind, Michael, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T07:13:37Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T07:13:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractAncient Zapotec Religion is the first comprehensive study of Zapotec religion as it existed in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on the eve of the Spanish Conquest. Author Michael Lind brings a new perspective, focusing not on underlying theological principles but on the material and spatial expressions of religious practice. Using sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish colonial documents and archaeological findings related to the time period leading up to the Spanish Conquest, he presents new information on deities, ancestor worship and sacred bundles, the Zapotec cosmos, the priesthood, religious ceremonies and rituals, the nature of temples, the distinctive features of the sacred and solar calendars, and the religious significance of the murals of Mitla--the most sacred and holy center. He also shows how Zapotec religion served to integrate Zapotec city-state structure throughout the valley of Oaxaca, neighboring mountain regions, and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Ancient Zapotec Religion is the first in-depth and interdisciplinary book on the Zapotecs and their religious practices and will be of great interest to archaeologists, epigraphers, historians, and specialists in Native American, Latin American, and religious studies.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsZapotec deities in sixteenth-century documents -- Zapotec deities in seventeenth-century documents -- Zaoptec temple priests -- Zapotec temples: Mitla -- Zapotec temples: Yagul -- Colani Zapotec community priests and their rituals -- Zapotec ritual books and sacred calendars -- The Mitla murals -- Religion in ancient Zapotec society.
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dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/90073
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subject.lcshZapotec calendar
dc.subject.lcshZapotec Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
dc.subject.lcshZapotec Indians -- Antiquities
dc.subject.lcshZapotec Indians -- Religion
dc.titleAncient Zapotec religion: an ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective
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