TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amrhein,Laura Marie
AU  - Kristan-Graham,Cynthia
TI  - Memory traces: analyzing sacred space at five Mesoamerican sites 
SN  - 9781607323778
AV  - F1434.2.R3 M46 2015
U1  - 972.8/01 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boulder
PB  - University Press of Colorado
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Central America
KW  - Indian art
KW  - Sacred space
KW  - Indians of Mexico
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Indians of Central America
KW  - Fouilles (Archéologie)
KW  - Amérique centrale
KW  - Lieux sacrés
KW  - Mexique
KW  - Indiens d'Amérique
KW  - Antiquités
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Latin America
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - ART
KW  - History
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: Sacred spaces as subject and study in the Mesoamerican landscape / Keith M. Prufer -- Passing through the center : the architectural and social contexts of Teotihuacan painting / Patricia J. Sarro and Matthew H. Robb -- Where rulers are made : spaces of political legitimacy at Tula and el Tajín / Rex Koontz -- Building memories at Tula : sacred landscapes and architectural veneration / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- The House of the Phalli and the constitution of sacred space through gender performances at Chichen Itzá / Laura M. Amrhein and Matthew G. Looper -- Establishing and translating Maya spaces at Tonina and Ocosingo : how indigenous portraits were moved, mutilated, and made Christian in New Spain / Linnea Wren, Travis Nygard, and Kaylee Spencer -- Conclusion: Space, place, ritual, and identity in ancient Mesoamerica / Nicholas P. Dunning and Eric Weaver
N2  - "Art historians and archaeologists from the US and Mexico come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the process of defining sacred space; how modern Western definitions differ from ancient Mesoamerica; how sacred spaces were conceived and used physically and symbolically; and what theoretical approaches are useful for art historians and archaeologists"--
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