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A masterful art historical analysis of how Late Preclassic (300 BC to AD 250) rulers in Chiapas, Mexico, created an elite visual language to express political and supernatural authority which spread through much of the Maya world.

Table of Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • One. An Introduction to the Late Preclassic Period
  • Two. The Site of Izapa in Context
  • Three. A Historiography of Izapa and the Izapan Style
  • Four. Part of a Continuum: Supernatural Communication in Late Preclassic Izapan Style Art
  • Five. The Performance of Rulership: Avian Transformation in Izapan Style Monuments
  • Six. Monuments in Context
  • Seven. Beyond Ritual: Macaws, Men, and Matrices of Exchange
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Ritual and Power in Stone

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292726048, 978-0292726048
      ISBN10: 029272604X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A masterful art historical analysis of how Late Preclassic (300 BC to AD 250) rulers in Chiapas, Mexico, created an elite visual language to express political and supernatural authority which spread through much of the Maya world.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface and Acknowledgments
      • One. An Introduction to the Late Preclassic Period
      • Two. The Site of Izapa in Context
      • Three. A Historiography of Izapa and the Izapan Style
      • Four. Part of a Continuum: Supernatural Communication in Late Preclassic Izapan Style Art
      • Five. The Performance of Rulership: Avian Transformation in Izapan Style Monuments
      • Six. Monuments in Context
      • Seven. Beyond Ritual: Macaws, Men, and Matrices of Exchange
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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