Maya Gods of War / Karen Bassie-Sweet.
"Archaeological projects have found substantial evidence of the military nature of Maya society, and warfare is a frequent theme of Maya art. Bassie-Sweet investigates the Classic Period Maya gods who were associated with weapons of war, and the flint and obsidian from which those weapons were...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Louisville : : University Press of Colorado,, [2021] ©[2021] |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Chahk deities and flint weapons
- The flint and fire deity GIII
- Classic Maya Tlaloc deities and their obsidian meteor weapons
- The Kaloomte' lords
- The offices and regalia of the Tlaloc cult
- Women in the Tlaloc cult
- God L : an obsidian and mercantile deity.