Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands: Gods, Ancestors, and Human Beings

by Brigitte Faugère and Christopher Beekman

In Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands, Latin American, North American, and European researchers explore the meanings and functions of two- and three-dimensional human representations in the Precolumbian communities of the Mexican highlands. Reading these anthropomorphic representations from an ontological perspective, the contributors demonstrate the rich potential of anthropomorphic imagery to elucidate personhood, conceptions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607329948
• ISBN13: 9781607329947
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up