Ritual and Power in Stone: The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art
(Part of the The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies Series)
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The ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in the costume and persona of a bird, a well-known avian deity who had great significance for the Maya and other cultures in adjacent regions. This Izapan style of carving and kingly representation appears...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:029272604X
ISBN13:9780292726048
Release Date:December 2006
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:229 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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