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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 1 4 _aE59.R38
_b.P74 2008eb
245 0 0 _aPre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin
_h[electronic resource] /
_cJohn Edward Staller, editor.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer,
_cc2008.
300 _axii, 389 p. :
_bill., maps.
500 _aAccompanying CD-ROM contains reproductions of the illustrations in the book.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAn introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller -- Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz -- Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate -- Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle -- Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofrad�ia ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson -- Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse -- Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in �Iv�i / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss -- The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller -- High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.] -- Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCreation.
650 0 _aIndian mythology
_zLatin America.
650 0 _aIndians
_xAntiquities.
650 0 _aIndians
_xReligion.
650 0 _aIndians
_xSocial life and customs.
650 0 _aLandscape archaeology
_zLatin America.
650 0 _aSacred space
_zLatin America.
651 0 _aLatin America
_xAntiquities.
651 0 _aLatin America
_xCivilization.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aStaller, John E.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=10223759
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