Obsidian reflections : symbolic dimensions of obsidian in Mesoamerica /
"Departing from the political economy perspective taken by the vast majority of volumes devoted to Mesoamerican obsidian, Obsidian Reflections is an examination of obsidian's sociocultural dimensions--particularly in regard to Mesoamerican world view, religion, and belief systems. Explorin...
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- 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 J. Awe
- Obsidian and household ritua lat Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla / Mari Carmen Serra Puche, Jesús Carlos Lazcano Arce, and Mónica Blanco García Méndez
- Reflections on reflections / William J. Parry.