Social skins of the head: body beliefs and ritual in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes
"The meanings of ritualized head treatments among ancient Mesoamerican and Andean peoples is the subject of this book, the first overarching coverage of an important subject. Heads are sources of power that protect, impersonate, emulate sacred forces, distinguish, or acquire identity within the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Latin America
/ Pre-Columbian Period
/ Indians
/ Body jewelry
/ Body painting
/ Head
/ Ritual
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| Further subjects: | B
Indians
Craniology
B Collection of essays B Indians Anthropometry |
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