Description |
328 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cm |
Note |
"Fiery Pool : The Maya and the Mythic Sea accompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, on view from March 27 through July 18, 2010; and traveling to the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, from August 29, 2010, through January 2, 2011; and the Saint Louis Art Museum from February 13 through May 8, 2011"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-320) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword / Dan L. Monroe, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan -- Introduction / Daniel Finamore, Stephen D. Houston -- The worlds of the ancient Maya and the worlds they made / Mary E. Miller, Megan O'Neil -- Drowned landscapes / Heather McKillop -- The wide waters of Palenque / David Stuart -- Living waters and wondrous beasts / Stephen D. Houston -- Symbols of water management at Copan, Honduras / Barbara W. Fash -- The music of shells / Marc Zender -- Navigating the Maya world / Daniel Finamore -- The dark lord of Maya trade / Simon Martin -- The Maya ports Isla Cerritos and Uaymil / Rafael Cobos -- Where earth and sky meet : the sea and sky in ancient and contemporary Maya cosmology / Karl A. Taube -- Offerings to the rain gods : the archaeology of Maya caves / James E. Brady -- Objects cast into cenotes / Luis Alberto Martos López -- Coda : the sea and art / Daniel Finamore. |
Subject |
Maya art -- Exhibitions.
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Maya mythology -- Exhibitions.
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Maya sculpture -- Exhibitions.
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Maya pottery -- Exhibitions.
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Mexico -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Central America -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Mexico, Gulf of.
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Caribbean Area.
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Marine animals in art.
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Sea in art.
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Peabody Essex Museum -- Exhibitions.
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Kimbell Art Museum -- Exhibitions.
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St. Louis Art Museum -- Exhibitions.
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Added Author |
Finamore, Daniel, 1961-
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Houston, Stephen D.
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Peabody Essex Museum.
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Kimbell Art Museum.
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St. Louis Art Museum.
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Added Title |
Maya and the mythic sea |
ISBN |
9780300161373 cloth |
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0300161379 cloth |
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9780875772196 paperback |
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0875772196 paperback |
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