UID:
(DE-602)almahu_9949707974502882
Format:
1 online resource (430 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781789258455
Series Statement:
American Landscapes Series ; v.5
Note:
Halftitle -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Conceptualizing cosmoscapes -- J. Grant Stauffer, Bretton T. Giles, and Shawn P. Lambert -- Part 1: Objects as Cosmoscapes -- Chapter 2. Modeling the cosmos: Rim-effigy bowl iconography in the Central Mississippi Valley -- Madelaine C. Azar and Vincas P. Steponaitis -- Chapter 3. Cahokia's wandering supernaturals: What does it mean when the Earth Mother leaves town? -- Steven L. Boles -- Chapter 4. Altered states and cosmoscapes: The production and consumption of Datura in the central Arkansas River Valley -- Shawn P. Lambert -- Chapter 5. Oneota and Tunican cosmoscapes in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- David H. Dye and Toney Aid -- Chapter 6. Of snakes and masks: Retrospective clues to understand the meaning of Classic Maya (AD 250-900) greenstone mosaic masks -- Juan C. Melendez, David A. Freidel, and Daniel E. Aquino -- Chapter 7. Sacrifice and the Sun: The Aztec Calendar Stone, its origins, and the symbolism of autosacrifice -- Annabeth Headrick -- Part 2: Place-making and cultivating cosmoscapes -- Chapter 8. Center posts, thunder symbolism, and community organization at Cahokia Mounds, Illinois -- Joy Mersmann and J. Grant Stauffer -- Chapter 9. Picture Cave and the birth of the Braden Art Style -- James R. Duncan and Carol Diaz-Granados -- Chapter 10. A whirlwind of a woman: An iconographic interpretation of the Mississippian Earth Mother -- Melinda A. Martin -- Chapter 11. Mound 2 at the Hopewell Site as cosmoscape -- Bretton T. Giles, Brian M. Rowe, and Ryan M. Parish -- Chapter 12. Eternal performance: Mesoamerican and Mississippian tableaux in comparative perspective -- David A. Freidel -- Part 3: Cosmoscapes in perspective -- Chapter 13. Final thoughts on the archaeologies of cosmoscapes -- Shawn P. Lambert, J. Grant Stauffer, and Bretton T. Giles.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Stauffer, J. Grant Archaeologies of Cosmoscapes in the Americas Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited,c2022 ISBN 9781789258448
Language:
English
Keywords:
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