Re-Creating Primordial Time: Foundation Rituals and Mythology in the Postclassic Maya Codices [1 ed.] 9781607322214, 9781607322207, 1607322218

Re-Creating Primordial Time: Foundation Rituals and Mythology in the Postclassic Maya Codices 9781607322207, 9781607322214, 160732220X

Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation myth

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The Lowland Maya Postclassic 9781477302590

This collection represents a major step forward in understanding the era from the end of Classic Maya civilization to th

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Mythology and Symbolism of Eurasia and Indigenous Americas: Manifestations in Artifacts and Rituals 9781800738171

A system of myths, symbols, and rituals, dating back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic, survives in present-day imagery.

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Stone Trees Transplanted? Central Mexican Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’ 1784910104, 9781784910105

Stelae dating to the Epiclassic (650-900 CE) and Early Postclassic (950-1150 CE) from Tula, Xochicalco, and other sites

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Maya Political Science: Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos 9780292797383

How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decip

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Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya: Rituals of Body and Soul 9781477300527, 9781477300510, 9781477300534, 147730052X

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The Foundation of Reality: Fundamentality, Space, and Time 0198831501, 9780198831501

Are space and time fundamental features of our world or might they emerge from something else? The Foundation of Reality

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Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs [1 ed.] 0195153820, 9780195153828

Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland and

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Food, Fire and Fragrance: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective on Classic Maya Cave Rituals 9781407307411, 9781407337340

With few exceptions, virtually no other paleoethnobotanist has studied how the ancient Maya interacted with their spirit

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Time at Emar: The Cultic Calendar and the Rituals from the Diviner's Archive 9781575065229

The recent large-scale watershed projects in northern Syria, where the ancient city of Emar was located, have brought th

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