MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 080122s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9780387769097 (hbk.)
020 $a0387769099 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn182663441
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050 00 $aE59.R38$b.P74 2008
245 00 $aPre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin /$cJohn Edward Staller, editor.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bSpringer,$cc2008.
300 $axii, 389 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm. +$e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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 cofradía 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 Íví / 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.
650 0 $aIndian mythology$zLatin America.
650 0 $aLandscape archaeology$zLatin America.
650 0 $aIndians$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aIndians$xReligion.
650 0 $aIndians$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aSacred space$zLatin America.
650 0 $aCreation.
651 0 $aLatin America$xAntiquities.
651 0 $aLatin America$xCivilization.
700 1 $aStaller, John E.