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Hardcover Re-Creating Primordial Time: Foundation Rituals and Mythology in the Postclassic Maya Codices Book

ISBN: 160732220X

ISBN13: 9781607322207

Re-Creating Primordial Time: Foundation Rituals and Mythology in the Postclassic Maya Codices

Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hern ndez show that in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions...

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