Blood, obsidian, and the Teotihuacan cult of the mirror
Blood, obsidian, and the Teotihuacan cult of the mirror
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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
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Drawing upon iconological theory, this article argues that mirrors and blood were regarded as a conceptually linked pair within the imperial ideology of Teotihuacan, Mexico from the second century onward. The relationship between blood and mirrors is shown to have codified with the construction of the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan's...
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Blood, obsidian, and the Teotihuacan cult of the mirror
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3131311661
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3131311661
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0956-5361
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1469-1787
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10.1017/S0956536123000238
