The beast between deer in Maya art and culture

Deer life : the Maya ethnobiology of deer -- Bones to picks : the classic Maya use and depiction of durable deer remains -- Big bucks : deer and social status -- Wearing the horns : deer, sexuality, and fertility in "dying god" scenes -- Locking horns : deer hunting, warfare, the ballgame,...

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1. Verfasser: Looper, Matthew George (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2019
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
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Zusammenfassung:Deer life : the Maya ethnobiology of deer -- Bones to picks : the classic Maya use and depiction of durable deer remains -- Big bucks : deer and social status -- Wearing the horns : deer, sexuality, and fertility in "dying god" scenes -- Locking horns : deer hunting, warfare, the ballgame, and male rites of passage -- Hart's devotion : the Siip in classic and postclassic Maya society -- A sinking hart : the solar symbolism of deer in Maya art -- Deer departed : cervid spirits of death and disease -- Epilogue. Out of the woods: deer and borders
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:276 Seiten
ISBN:9781477318058
978-1-4773-1805-8