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The smoking gods : tobacco and the ancient Maya
- Title
- The smoking gods : tobacco and the ancient Maya / by Francis Robicsek ; additional comments on iconography and interpretation of glyphic texts by Linda Schele ; foreword by Michael D. Coe.
- Author
- Robicsek, Francis.
- Publication
- [Charlotte, N.C. : F. Robicsek, 1977]
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- Description
- [330] leaves; 28 cm.+
- Subjects
- Smoking in art
- Tobacco > Therapeutic use > Mexico
- Hieroglyphics
- Mayas > Tobacco use
- Lacandon Indians > Religion
- Indians of Central America > Tobacco use
- Lacandon Indians > Tobacco use
- Indians of Mexico > Religion
- Tobacco in art
- Indians of Mexico > Tobacco use
- Tobacco > Religious aspects
- Mayas > Religion
- Tobacco > Mexico > History
- Indians of Central America > Religion
- Note
- Reproduction of typescript.
- Published with revisions as: The smoking gods : tobacco in Maya art, history, and religion. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1978. Cf. Arents 97-147.
- The ill. include depictions of tobacco culture and tobacco use by modern Lacandon Indians and Lacandon smoking paraphernalia.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Historical and ethnological background: I. Tobacco in the new world. II. Tobacco and the Maya. III. Tobacco and religion. IV. Smoking gods of the Maya. V. Unexplained effects of tobacco. VI. Tobacco as medicine -- pt. 2. Archeological material: I. The division of archeological finds. II. Scenes probably depicting tobacco smoking. III. Scenes which possibly represent the act of smoking. IV. Scenes which show objects which could possibly be large cigars. V. The flare god on archeological artifacts. VI. Other artifacts -- Bibliography (leaves [283-330]).
- Call Number
- Arents 97-571
- OCLC
- NYPG97-B1248
- Author
- Robicsek, Francis.
- Title
- The smoking gods : tobacco and the ancient Maya / by Francis Robicsek ; additional comments on iconography and interpretation of glyphic texts by Linda Schele ; foreword by Michael D. Coe.
- Imprint
- [Charlotte, N.C. : F. Robicsek, 1977]
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- Added Author
- Schele, Linda.Coe, Michael D.
- Research Call Number
- Arents 97-571