Vital Voids : : Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture / / Andrew Finegold.
The Resurrection Plate, a Late Classic Maya dish, is decorated with an arresting scene. The Maize God, assisted by two other deities, emerges reborn from a turtle shell. At the center of the plate, in the middle of the god’s body and aligned with the point of emergence, there is a curious sight: a s...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1 What’s in a Hole? Material Culture and Interpretation
- CHAPTER 2 Perforated Vessels Revitalizing the Discourse Surrounding “Kill Holes”
- CHAPTER 3 Cavities in the Living Earth
- CHAPTER 4 The Act of Drilling
- CHAPTER 5 Perforating the Body
- CHAPTER 6 Conclusions Beyond the Resurrection Plate
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index