Social memory in ancient and colonial Mesoamerica / Amos Megged.
Social memory in ancient and colonial Mesoamerica / Amos Megged.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N306.69979/1
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English
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xiii, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
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Publisher
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"Before the Spanish conquest and well into the eighteenth century, Mesoamerican peoples believed that "time" and "space" were contained in earthly and heavenly receptacles that were visualized metaphorically. This circumscribed space contained the abodes of the dead. There, deities and ancestral spirits could be revived and the living could communi...
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Social memory in ancient and colonial Mesoamerica / Amos Megged.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.69979/1
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74VM0LKga6R3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0LKga6R3
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ISBN
0521112273
9780521112277
DDC
306.699792
MMS ID
991001758709702626
