Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology : Essays in Pre-Columbian Civilizations.

Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Regional Perspectives on the Olmec -- Part One - Cultures in Context -- 2. Comparing Changes in Mesoamerica -- 3. Pre-Columbian Ceramics and the Maya -- 4. Explaining Copan -- 5. Vision and Revision -- 6. Ancient Maya Politics and Ideology -- 7. Paletin's Discovery of the New World -- An Overview of Research -- Introduction -- Las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas -- Vinko Paletin: Looking for the Compromise -- The Maya Civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula, as seen by Paletin -- Concluding Remarks -- 8. Codex Borbonicus -- Introduction -- The Content of the Manuscript -- Deities of the Codex Cihuacoatl -- Possible Functions of the Manuscript -- 9. Religions of Mesoamerica -- Part Two - Myths, Dreams, and Religions -- 10. Mesoamerican Dualism -- 11. Forest of Kings -- 12. The Meaning of Maya Myths -- Introduction: Method, Context and Interpretation -- 1. Ages of the World -- 2. The Maya Moon Goddess and the Mystery of Creation -- 3. Résumé: The Character of Maya Deities -- 13. Interpreting Tlaloc -- 14. Templo Mayor -- 15. Aztec Great Goddesses: Their Functions and Meaning -- 16. Jacques Soustelle's Studies of Aztec Religion -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Role and Function of Religion -- 3. The Principle(s) of Duality -- 17. Mayan Folklore from Lake Atitlan -- 18. Lacandon Stories -- 19. A Discourse-Centred Approach to Myths and Culture -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.

The main goal of this book is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica.

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