Places of power and memory in Mesoamerica's past and present : how sites, toponyms and landscapes shape history and remembrance

Weitere Verfasser: Graña Behrens, Daniel.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berlin : Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2016.
Umfang/Format: 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Estudios Indiana ; 9
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  • Places of power and memory in Mesoamerica's past and present : how sites, toponyms and landscapes shape history and remembrance / Daniel Graña-Behrens
  • Where snakes abound : supernatural places of origin and founding myths in the titles of classic Maya kings / Christophe Helmke and Felix Kupprat
  • The linguistics of toponymy in Maya hierolgyphic writing / Sven Gronemeyer
  • Emblem glyphs in classic Maya inscriptions : from single to double ones as a means of place of origin, memory and diaspora / Péter Biró
  • Myth and model : the pattern of migration, settlement, and reclamation of land in central Mexico and Oaxaca / Viola König
  • Searching for the sanctuary of Lady 9 Reed : Huajuapan, ring of stones / Angel Iván Rivera Guzmán, Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez
  • The ascension of Mount Coatepetl by Coyolxauhqui and the Centzon Huitznahua : a temple made of words / Patrick Johansson
  • History, tradition, myth and territory in a Nahua village (Guerrero, Mexico) / Ethelia Ruiz Medrano
  • Materiality and community in the Mixteca / John Monaghan.