Figurine Embodiment and Household Ritual in an Early Mixtec Village
| Autor: | Nathan J. Meissner, Katherine E. South, Andrew K. Balkansky |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes, Vol 99, Iss 1, Pp 7-43 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/jsa.12586 |
| Popis: | An excavated collection of 3000-year-old fired-clay figurines from the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico, provides evidence for household practices of embodiment at a time of emerging social differences. A holistic interpretation of the figurines, including their unique archaeological associations, mortuary, faunal and ethnographic information illuminates key aspects of the life-cycle termination of both human and non-human subjects. The archaeological contexts at Tayata allow for an integrated application of embodiment theory with cross-field anthropological data, and reveal a deep-seated Mixtec worldview concerning the animism of corporeal objects. |
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