| | The Memory of Bones Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya (Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latin) by Stephen Houston, David Stuart, Karl Taube Paperback, 334 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71319-2, ISBN: 0-292-71319-3
"All of human experience flows from bodies that feel, express emotion, and think about what such experiences mean. But is it possible for us, embodied as we are in a particular time and place, to know how people of long ago thought about the body and its experiences? In this groundbreaking book, three leading experts on the Classic Maya (ca. AD 250 to 850) marshal a vast array of evidence from Maya iconography and hieroglyphic writing, a ..."
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