The White Shaman mural : an enduring creation narrative in the rock art of the Lower Pecos / Carolyn E. Boyd ; with contributions by Kim Cox.

Author
Boyd, Carolyn E., 1958- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Description
xiv, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.

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Subject(s)
Contributor
Series
  • Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies [More in this series]
  • The Linda Schele series in Maya and Pre-Columbian studies
Notes
Folded plate (1 leaf, 39 x 61 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm) in pocket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
Contents
  • Archaic codices
  • The painted landscape
  • Transcribing and reading visual texts
  • A primer : abiding themes in Mesoamerican thought
  • Pilgrimage to creation : a reading of the White Shaman mural informed by Huichol mythology
  • Return to creation : a reading of the White Shaman mural informed by Nahua mythology
  • The art of transcendence.
ISBN
  • 9781477310304 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1477310304 (cloth : alk. paper)
SuDoc no.
Z UA380.8 B692wh
LCCN
2016003032
OCLC
936205570
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