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Landscapes of the Itza archaeology and art history at Chichen Itza and neighboring sites

Title
Landscapes of the Itza [electronic resource] : archaeology and art history at Chichen Itza and neighboring sites / edited by Linnea Wren, Cynthia Kristan-Graham, Travis Nygard, and Kaylee Spencer.
Publication
Gainesville ; Tallahassee ; Tampa ; Boca Raton : University Press of Florida, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Wren, Linnea Holmer.
  • Kristan-Graham, Cynthia.
  • Nygard, Travis.
  • Spencer, Kaylee R., 1975-
Description
1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Summary
It has been fifteen years since a book was devoted to the new theories, paradigms, and investigations of archaeology and art history at Chichen Itza. The volume features five thematic foci: civic space, mythology through art, burials, trade, and landscapes.Due to the widespread awareness of this site, these themes appeal across the regional silos to reach all scholars of ancient America.
Uniform Title
Landscapes of the Itza (Online)
Subject
  • Mayas > Mexico > Yucatán (State) > Antiquities
  • Indians of Mexico > Antiquities
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Mexico > Chichén Itzá Site
  • Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico) > Antiquities
Note
  • Includes index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: looking backward, looking forward at Chichen Itza / Cynthia Kristan-Graham and Linnea Wren -- The archaeology of Chichen Itza: its history, what we like to argue about, and what we think we know / Beniamino Volta, Nancy Peniche May and Geoffrey E. Braswell -- k'ak'upakal K'inich K'awil and the Lords of the Fire: Chichen Itza during the ninth century / Eduardo Pérez de Heredia and Péter B¡rcent -- Rulers without borders: the difficulty of identifying polity boundaries in terminal classic Yucatan and beyond / Scott A.J. Johnson -- In the shadow of Quetzalcoatl: how small communities in northern Yucatan responded to the Chichen Itza phenomenon / J. Gregory Smith and Tara M. Bond-Freeman -- The Castillo-Sub at Chichen Itza: a re-consideration / Virginia E. Miller -- The Osario of Chichen Itza: where warriors danced in paradise / Annabeth Headrick -- The least earth: curated landscapes at Chichen Itza / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- To face or to flee from the foe: women in warfare at Chichen Itza / Linnea Wren, Kaylee Spencer, and Travis Nygard.
LCCN
2017018509
OCLC
ssj0001907201
Title
Landscapes of the Itza [electronic resource] : archaeology and art history at Chichen Itza and neighboring sites / edited by Linnea Wren, Cynthia Kristan-Graham, Travis Nygard, and Kaylee Spencer.
Imprint
Gainesville ; Tallahassee ; Tampa ; Boca Raton : University Press of Florida, [2018]
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Wren, Linnea Holmer.
Kristan-Graham, Cynthia.
Nygard, Travis.
Spencer, Kaylee R., 1975-
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