Gonlin, Nancy, editorReed, David M., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2021-12-022021-12-022021https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234050Includes bibliographical references and index.Incorporates how aspects of the natural world were imbued with deep cultural meanings and expressed by different peoples from different time periods in Mexico and Central America. Material culture, iconography, epigraphy, art history, ethnohistory, and ethnographies are used to illuminate dimensions of culture often neglected in reconstructions of the past.--Provided by publisher.Introduction to night and darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica / David M. Reed and Nancy Gonlin -- Classic Maya social distinctions and political power: inserting a nocturnal dimension into the hierarchy of consumption / David M. Reed, W. Scott Zeleznik, and Nancy Gonlin -- Mesoamerican plants of the night: ethnographic and paleoethnobotanical perspectives / Venicia Slotten -- Extending the notion of night and darkness: volcanic eruptions in ancient Mesoamerica / Rachel Egan -- Light, darkness, and luminosity in the ancient Maya world: illuminating nocturnal case studies from Copan, Honduras and Joya de Cerén, El Salvador / Nancy Gonlin and Christine C. Dixon -- Teotihuacan at night: a Classic period urban nocturnal landscape in the Basin of Mexico / Randolph J. Widmer -- The sounds in the dark of the Temazcal at Cerén, El Salvador / Payson Sheets and Michael Thomason -- The heat of the night: duality in Aztec health and nocturnal healing activities with a focus on the Temazcal / Jan Marie Olson -- The cave and the skirt: a consideration of Classic Maya Ch'een symbolism / Jeremy D. Coltman -- Night and the underworld in the Classic period Ulúa Valley, Honduras / Jeanne Lopiparo -- The light burned brightly: Postclassic new fire ceremonies of the Aztec and at Xaltocan in the Basin of Mexico / Kirby Farah -- Under cover of darkness: blindfolds and the eternal return in late Postclassic Mexican art / Cecelia F. Klein -- Nighttime and darkness: activities, practices, customs, and beliefs / Julia A. Hendon.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Night -- Social aspectsNight -- Religious aspectsIndians of Central America -- AntiquitiesIndians of Mexico -- AntiquitiesAntiquities, Prehistoric -- Central AmericaAntiquities, Prehistoric -- MexicoTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.