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050 00 $aF1219.1.T8$bJ66 1995
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100 1 $aJones, Lindsay,$d1954-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95038723
245 10 $aTwin city tales :$ba hermeneutical reassessment of Tula and Chichén Itzá /$cLindsay Jones ; photographs by Lawrence G. Desmond.
260 $aNiwot, Colo. :$bUniversity Press of Colorado,$c1995.
263 $a9512
300 $axii, 482 pages :$billustrations ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Similitude Between Tula and Chichen Itza as a Problem in the History of Religions --$gCh. 1.$tDramas of Polarity: A Historical Review of the Tula-Chichen Itza Problem --$gCh. 2.$tInsignificant Organization: Reflections on the Study and Comparison of Mesoamerican Architecture --$gCh. 3.$tSignificant Alternatives: The Hermeneutical Interpretation and Comparison of Sacred Architecture --$gCh. 4.$tDeceptions in Form: The Ritual-Architectural Events of Tula and Chichen Itza Reconsidered.
520 $aOne of the most enduring debates in Mesoamerican archaeology centers on the striking resemblance between the two ruins of Tula, Hidalgo, and Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Surveying the convoluted history of these debates from the perspective of the history of religions, Lindsay Jones provides a new vehicle for exploring more general issues about the politics of knowledge that has shaped and continues to shape the field of Mesoamerican archaeology.
520 8 $aBy exercising a "hermeneutic of suspicion," Jones contends that most explanations of the resemblance between the two sets of ruins reveals more about Western attitudes toward indigenous American peoples than about the empirical realities of pre-Columbian life. By deploying a "hermeneutic of recovery," Jones then presents a fresh interpretation of the old problem of similitude between Tula and Chichen Itza from the perspective of the history of religions.
520 8 $aThis approach enables Twin City Tales to address very specific historical problems and to raise much broader theoretical questions about the academic interpretation and comparison of sacred architecture.
651 0 $aTula Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004244
651 0 $aChichén Itzá Site (Mexico)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023269
650 0 $aIndian architecture$zMexico.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065138
650 0 $aIndians of Mexico$xReligion.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065172
650 0 $aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065137
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