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Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents
The Public Sculpture of El Tajín (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
by Rex Koontz
Hardcover, 151 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71899-9, ISBN: 0-292-71899-3

"El Tajin, an ancient Mesoamerican capital in Veracruz, Mexico, has long been admired for its stunning pyramids and ballcourts decorated with extensive sculptural programs. Yet the city's singularity as the only center in the region with such a wealth of sculpture and fine architecture has hindered attempts to place it more firmly in the context of Mesoamerican history. In Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents, Rex Koontz undertakes the ..."






Ideas, Debates and Perspectives
Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America 4
by Heather Orr, Rex Koontz
Hardcover, 398 Pages, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-80-2, ISBN: 1-931745-80-3

"Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame have been the traditional categories through which scholars have examined organized violence in the artistic and material records of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. This volume expands those traditional categories to include such concerns as gladiatorial-like boxing combats, investiture rites, trophy-head taking and display, dark shamanism, and the subjective pain inheren ..."






Blood and Beauty
Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America (Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives (Paperback))
by Heather Orr, Rex Koontz
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2009 by The Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-58-1, ISBN: 1-931745-58-7

"Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame have been the traditional categories through which scholars have examined organised violence in the artistic and material records of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. This volume expands those traditional categories to include such concerns as gladiatorial-like boxing combats, investiture rites, trophy-head taking and display, dark shamanism, and the subjective pain inheren ..."






Mexico(6th Edition)
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Sixth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places)
by Michael D. Coe, Rex Coe Koontz
Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2008 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28755-2, ISBN: 0-500-28755-4






Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives Ser.
Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
by Rex Koontz, Heather Orr
400 Pages, Published 2009 by Isd Llc
ISBN-13: 978-1-938770-43-2, ISBN: 1-938770-43-9

"Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America Rex Koontz, Heather Orr ... are reported in the ethnographies as being the highest ranking members of Costa Rican society (see also Hoopes and Mora- Marín this volume, Chapter 11). ... Documented examples of these small-scale sculptures have been found in elaborate graves and nearby monumental architecture ..."






Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives Ser.
Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
by Rex Koontz, Heather S. Orr
Paperback, 490 Pages, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-03-1, ISBN: 1-931745-03-X

"The volume endeavors to contextualize violence and violent acts within the matrix of indigenous thought and culture."






The Art of Urbanism(9th Edition)
How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Leonardo López Luján, William Leonard Fash, Contributor-Ann Cyphers, William L. Fash, Robert H. Cobean, Anna Di Castro, Barbara W. Fash, Susan Gillespie, David C. Grove, Dan Healan, Rex Koontz, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Joyce Marcus, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Patricia Plunket, William Ringle, Amparo Robles, William Saturno, Alexandre Tokovinine, Gabriela Urunuela, Zoltan Paulinyi, George J. Bey
Hardcover, 488 Pages, Published 2009 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-344-9, ISBN: 0-88402-344-3

" This volume explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors to this volume consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical—and metaphysical—place via their built environment. T ..."






Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica
by Annabeth Headrick, Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor
256 Pages, Published 2008 by Westview Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7867-4245-5, ISBN: 0-7867-4245-3

"Based on Linda Manzanilla et al.'s recent reinterpretation, the cave beneath the Pyramid was originally a mineshaft for procuring building materials for pyramid construction. It was culturally modified into the shape of a four-petaled flower with  ..."






Blood and Beauty
Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
by Heather S. Orr, Rex Koontz
Paperback, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-25-3, ISBN: 1-931745-25-0






Classic-Period Cultural Currents in Southern and Central Veracruz(71st Edition)
(Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
by Christopher A. Pool, Richard A. Diehl, Terrence Kaufman, Rex Koontz, Javier Urcid, John S. Justeson, Thomas W. Killion, Robert S. Santley, Barbara L. Stark, Cherra E. Wyllie, Annick Daneels, Contributor-Barbara L., Philip J. Arnold, Philip J. Iiiarnold
Hardcover, 526 Pages, Published 2008 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-350-0, ISBN: 0-88402-350-8

" Classic-Period Cultural Currents in Southern and Central Veracruz explores the diverse traditions and dynamic interactions along the Mexican Gulf lowlands at the height of their cultural florescence. Best known for their elaborate ballgame rituals and precocious inscriptions with long-count dates, these cultures served as a critical nexus between the civilizations of highland Mexico and the lowland Maya, influencing developments in bot ..."

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