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Divinos señores de El Tajín : el culto al gobernante en los comienzos de la civilización / Arturo Pascual Soto.

Title
Divinos señores de El Tajín : el culto al gobernante en los comienzos de la civilización / Arturo Pascual Soto.
Author
Pascual Soto, Arturo.
Publication
México : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Inestigaciones Estéticas, 2019.

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Description
279 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans; 27 cm
Summary
The text analyzes the political organization of the totonaca city-State in relation to the Teotihuacan government models of the Altiplano, Gulf cultures and Mayan states. Likewise, the author proposes that the rulers based their power and privileged position on a religious ideology that endorsed them as divine intermediaries. Following this line, Pascual Soto places El Tajín and the area that grew under its influence in the great tradition of Mesoamerican civilizations.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266).
Contents
Prólogo / Annick Daneels -- Introducción -- I. El culto al gobernante -- II. Forma y confines el universo -- III. Señores de la llanura -- IV. Señores de la montaña -- V. Epílogo en El Tajín.
ISBN
  • 9786073013987
  • 6073013981
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries