附註:Why figurines? -- Ritual, cooperation, costly signaling, and storytelling -- Overview : the human figure in formative Mesoamerica -- The Preclassic Maya lowlands and Central Peten -- Central Peten Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : the body -- The human head and face in formative Mesoamerica : biological considerations -- Central Peten Preclassic anthropomorphic figurines : heads and faces -- Formative Mesoamerican heads : headgear, headdresses, and hairstyles -- Temporality, the sacred almanac, and writing -- Maya head-variant graphemes -- Summary and overview : Preclassic figurine heads and Classic Maya portrait glyphs -- Sound : musical instruments and zoomorphs -- Geochemistry : compositional analysis of Nixtun-Ch'ich' and Ixlu figurines -- Figurines, meanings, and contexts -- Anthropomorphizing the cosmos.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
摘要:"Exploring the sociocultural significance of approximately three hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at Nixtun-Ch'ich' on Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala. In this analysis--hand-modeled, terracotta, anthropomorphic fragments, animal figures, and musical instruments. Rice offers a broad swath of theory and comparative data on ritual practice"--Provided by publisher
