The Sowing and the Dawning: Termination, Dedication, and Transformation in the Archaeological and Ethnographic Record of Mesoamerica (Library Binding)

~ Shirley Boteler Mock (Editor)

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Product Description

This collection combines archaeology and ethnography to explore the Mesoamerican archaeological record. Contributors focus on the little-understood material phenomena of ritual deposits, dedicatory or votive offerings, caches, and termination events. Drawing on contemporary Maya ethnography, the authors argue that a few deep structural principles unify the Mesoamerican world view, both present and past, and apply these concepts to the deposition of dedicatory and termination offerings in the archaeological record.

In addition to the volume editor, contributors include Evon Z. Vogt, Brian Stross, R. Jon McGee, John Monaghan, David M. Pendergast, Sandra Noble Bardsley, Debra Selsor Walker, Thomas H. Guderjan, James F. Garber, W. David Driver, Lauren A. Sullivan, David M. Glassman, David A. Freidel, Charles K. Suhler, and Rafael Cobos Palma, Saburo Sugiyama, Marilyn Masson, Heather Orr, and Leonardo Lpez Lujn.

About the Author

Shirley Boteler Mock is an archaeologist at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 198 pages
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press; Library edition edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826319831
• ISBN-13: 978-0826319838
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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