| Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites Contributor(s): Kristan-Graham, Cynthia (Editor), Amrhein, Laura M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1607323761 ISBN-13: 9781607323761 Publisher: University Press of Colorado OUR PRICE: $67.32 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Central America - Social Science | Archaeology - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 972.801 |
| LCCN: 2014044820 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Memory Traces, art historians and archaeologists come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Through five well-known and important centers of political power and artistic invention in Mesoamerica--Tetitla at Teotihuacan, Tula Grande, the Mound of the Building Columns at El Taj n, the House of the Phalli at Chich n Itz , and Tonina--contributors explore the process of recognizing and defining sacred space, how sacred spaces were viewed and used both physically and symbolically, and what theoretical approaches are most useful for art historians and archaeologists seeking to understand these places. Memory Traces acknowledges that the creation, use, abandonment, and reuse of sacred space have a strongly recursive relation to collective memory and meanings linked to the places in question and reconciles issues of continuity and discontinuity of memory in ancient Mesoamerican sacred spaces. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Mesoamerican studies and material culture, art historians, architectural historians, and cultural anthropologists. |
