viii, 438 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Black cloth in dustjacket. Light wear and soiling to jacket. Spine ends a bit bumped. Inscribed by the author (probably - it's "Jim") on title. Various authors on topics such as: rites of passage and other ceremonies in caves; shamans, caves and the roles of ritual specialists; cave stelae and mgalithic monuments; artifact distribution in caves; ethnographic notes and their implications for archaeological interpretation; etc. Examples mainly from the ancient and modern Maya.

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Title

In the Maw of the Earth Monster: Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use

Publisher

University of Texas Press, Austin

Publication Date

2005

ISBN 10

0292705867

ISBN 13

9780292705869

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very good

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Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Although the history of the investigation of caves in Mesoamerica goes back some 150 years, little work has been carried out to collate and synthesise the data. Despite the ground-breaking work of J Eric Thompson in the 1950s and 1960s, it was not until the 1980s that cave archaeology came of age in this region. Based on papers given at a session at the 1994 AAA meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, this book brings together a group of scholars working in this feild of study. Together they explore many facets of cave use in pre-Columbian to modern-day Mesoamerica, offering specific site studies as well as theoretical and ethnographically-based papers. Issues of cave morphology, cave use, artefact distributions, spatial layout, identifying ritual behaviour, the archaeology of caves and the use of ethnographic datam are all covered. The papers are split into those focusing on Central Mexico (three papers), Oxaca (two papers) and the Maya region (nine papers).

About the Authors

JAMES E. BRADY is Associate Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Los Angeles.

KEITH M. PRUFER is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas

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