Reshaping the world: debates on Mesoamerican cosmologies

"An exploration of the plurality, complexity, and adaptability of Precolumbian and colonial-era Mesoamerican cosmological models and the ways anthropologists and historians have used colonial and indigenous texts to understand these models. That model comprised nine fixed layers of underworld a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Díaz Alvarez, Ana María (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Louisville, Colorado University Press of Colorado [2020]
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Zusammenfassung:"An exploration of the plurality, complexity, and adaptability of Precolumbian and colonial-era Mesoamerican cosmological models and the ways anthropologists and historians have used colonial and indigenous texts to understand these models. That model comprised nine fixed layers of underworld and thirteen fixed layers of heavens"--
Beschreibung:xvi, 350 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 23 cm
ISBN:9781646420056
9781607329435