Pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin
By: John Edward Staller, editor.
Contributors: Staller, John E.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780387769097
Subjects: Indian mythology -- Latin America; Landscape archaeology -- Latin America; Indians -- Antiquities; Indians -- Religion; Indians -- Social life and customs; Sacred space -- Latin America; Creation; Latin America -- Antiquities; Latin America -- Civilization
Description: Accompanying CD-ROM contains reproductions of the illustrations in the book.
Notes: Accompanying CD-ROM contains reproductions of the illustrations in the book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / John E. Staller; title: Ballcourt rites, paradise, and the origins of power in classic Veracruz / Rex Koontz; title: Landscape and a visual narrative of creation and origin at the Olmec ceremonial center of La Venta / Carolyn E. Tate; title: Maya caves across time and space : reading-related landscapes in K'iche' Maya text, ritual and history / Duncan Earle; title: Places of emergence : sacred mountains and cofradía ceremonies / Allen J. Christenson; title: Over distant waters : places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources / Frauke Sachse; title: Fox walker on the Parapeti River, Bolivia : the origins of how we Guarani live in Íví / Elio Ortiz ... [et al.]; title: Where the land and the ocean meet : the Engoroy phase ceremonial site at Salango, Ecuador, 600-100 BC / Richard Lunniss; title: The astronomical significance of ritual movements in the calendar of Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema; title: Dimensions of place : the significance of centers to the development of Andean civilization : an exploration of the ushnu concept / John E. Staller; title: High altitude ushnu platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, structure, ancestors and animating essence / Frank M. Meddens ... [et al.]; title: Representation, memory, and power : pre-Columbian landscapes of creation and origin / Brian Stross.