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Places of power and memory in Mesoamerica's past and present : how sites, toponyms and landscapes shape history and remembrance
- Title
- Places of power and memory in Mesoamerica's past and present : how sites, toponyms and landscapes shape history and remembrance / Daniel Graña-Behrens (ed.).
- Publication
- Berlin : Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2016.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Graña Behrens, Daniel
- Description
- 292 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Series Statement
- Estudios Indiana ; 9
- Uniform Title
- Estudios Indiana ; 9.
- Subjects
- Names, Geographical
- Cultural landscapes
- Collective memory
- Names, Geographical > Central America
- Cultural landscapes > Central America
- Indians of Mexico > Antiquities
- Mayan languages > Writing
- Central America
- Cultural geography > Central America
- Mayas > Antiquities
- Collective memory > Central America
- Indians of Central America > Antiquities
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Contributions in English with abstracts in English and Spanish.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-3591
- ISBN
- 9783786127666
- 3786127662
- LCCN
- 9783786127666
- OCLC
- 970655825
- Title
- Places of power and memory in Mesoamerica's past and present : how sites, toponyms and landscapes shape history and remembrance / Daniel Graña-Behrens (ed.).
- Publisher
- Berlin : Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Estudios Indiana ; 9Estudios Indiana ; 9.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- Contributions in English with abstracts in English and Spanish.
- Added Author
- Graña Behrens, Daniel, editor.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783786127666
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-3591