دانلود کتاب Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology: Essays in Pre-Columbian Civilizations

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Cover
Copyright information
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Regional Perspectives on the Olmec
Part One – Cultures in Context
2. Comparing Changes in Mesoamerica
3. Pre-Columbian Ceramics and the Maya
4. Explaining Copan
5. Vision and Revision
6. Ancient Maya Politics and Ideology
7. Paletin’s Discovery of the New World
An Overview of Research
Introduction
Las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas
Vinko Paletin: Looking for the Compromise
The Maya Civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula, as seen by Paletin
Concluding Remarks
8. Codex Borbonicus
Introduction
The Content of the Manuscript
Deities of the Codex Cihuacoatl
Possible Functions of the Manuscript
9. Religions of Mesoamerica
Part Two – Myths, Dreams, and Religions
10. Mesoamerican Dualism
11. Forest of Kings
12. The Meaning of Maya Myths
Introduction: Method, Context and Interpretation
1. Ages of the World
2. The Maya Moon Goddess and the Mystery of Creation
3. Résumé: The Character of Maya Deities
13. Interpreting Tlaloc
14. Templo Mayor
15. Aztec Great Goddesses: Their Functions and Meaning
16. Jacques Soustelle’s Studies of Aztec Religion
1. Introduction
2. The Role and Function of Religion
3. The Principle(s) of Duality
17. Mayan Folklore from Lake Atitlan
18. Lacandon Stories
19. A Discourse-Centred Approach to Myths and Culture
Bibliography
Glossary
Index