0292713231.University.of.Texas.Press.Ritual.and.Power.in.Stone.The.Performance.of.Rulership.in.Mesoamerican.Izapan.Style.Art.Dec.2006.pdf

Ritual and Power in Stone

The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies

R itual & P ower

The Performance of Rulership

in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art

Julia Guernsey

University of Texas Press, Austin

in S tone

Printed in the United States of America

First edition, 2006

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Guernsey, Julia

Ritual and power in stone : the performance of ruler-

ship in Mesoamerican Izapan style art / by Julia Guernsey.

— 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71323-9 ((cl.) : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-292-71323-1

1. Izapa Site (Mexico) 2. Mayas—Mexico—

Soconusco Region—Antiquities. 3. Maya sculpture—

Mexico—Soconusco Region. 4. Maya art—Mexico

—Soconusco Region. 5. Maya architecture—Mexico—

Soconusco Region. 6. Petroglyphs—Mexico

—Soconusco Region. 7. Excavations (Archaeology)—

Mexico—Soconusco Region. 8. Soconusco Region

(Mexico)—Antiquities. I. Title.

F1435.1.I93G84 2006

972'.601—dc22

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This series was made possible through the generosity of

William C. Nowlin, Jr., and Bettye H. Nowlin, the

National Endowment for the Humanities, and various

individual donors.

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