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Obsidian reflections

Obsidian reflections symbolic dimensions of obsidian in Mesoamerica / [electronic resource] : edited by Marc N. Levine, David M. Carballo. - Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Reflections on obsidian studies in Mesoamerica : past, present, and future / Marc N. Levine -- Ethnohistorical evidence for obsidian's ritual and symbolic uses among the postclassic Tarascans / Veronique Darras -- The symbolism of obsidian in postclassic central Mexico / Alejandro Pastrana and Ivonne Athie -- Machetes and meaning : some notes on cutting tools in a contemporary Mixtec community / John Monaghan -- Symbolic and ritual dimensions of exchange, production, use, and deposition of ancient Maya obsidian artifacts / Kazuo Aoyama -- Obsidian obsessed? : examining patterns of chipped-stone procurement at late postclassic Tututepec, Oaxaca / Marc N. Levine -- Obsidian symbolism in a temple offering from La Laguna, Tlaxcala / David M. Carballo -- Ritual use of obsidian from Maya caves in Belize : a functional and symbolic analysis / W. James Stemp and Jaime Awe -- Obsidian and ritual in Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla / Mari Carmen Serra Puche, Jesus Carlos Lazcano Arce, and Monica Blanco Garcia Mendez -- Reflections on reflections / William J. Parry.

9781607323013 160732301X


Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Indians of Central America--Implements.
Indians of Mexico--Implements.
Obsidian implements--Central America.
Obsidian implements--Mexico.


Electronic books.

F1219.3.I4 / O26 2014

972.8/01