The Beast Between : : Deer in Maya Art and Culture / / Matthew G. Looper.
The white-tailed deer had a prominent status in Maya civilization: it was the most important wild-animal food source at many inland Maya sites and also functioned as a major ceremonial symbol. Offering an in-depth semantic analysis of this imagery, The Beast Between considers iconography, hieroglyph...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Deer Life
- Chapter Two. Bones to Picks
- Chapter Three. Big Bucks
- Chapter Four. Wearing the Horns
- Chapter Five. Locking Horns
- Chapter Six. Hart’s Devotion
- Chapter Seven. A Sinking Hart
- Chapter Eight. Deer Departed
- Epilogue. Out of the Woods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index