Maya Ideologies of the Sacred: The Transfiguration of Space in Colonial Yucatan
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As Spaniards built colonies in the New World, men of the cloth saw within ancient ruins and inhabited native towns great potential for easing the colonization effort. In the Yucatan, which is the locus of this study, Franciscan friars seized upon the opportunity to "conquer" Maya places for Christianity. Their practice of remaking a Maya town into a Christian town--often building their church on the very foundations of an ancient sacred site--represented...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0292744943
ISBN13:9780292744943
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:244 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.3" x 10.2"
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