Human Figuration and Fragmentation in Preclassic Mesoamerica - From Figurines to Sculpture

The arguments assembled in this book have ramifications not only for scholars working in Mesoamerica but anyone interested more generally in human representation and its significance. It is the first book to fully explore, for Mesoamerica, the relationship between human figuration, fragmentation, bodily divisibility, personhood, and community.

Summary

The arguments assembled in this book have ramifications not only for scholars working in Mesoamerica but anyone interested more generally in human representation and its significance. It is the first book to fully explore, for Mesoamerica, the relationship between human figuration, fragmentation, bodily divisibility, personhood, and community.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Guernsey, Julia (University of Texas Guernsey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781108478991
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47899-1
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Klassik, Antike, Amerikanische Geschichte, Archäologie einer Periode / Region, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Vorzeit, Frühgeschichte vor Christi Geburt, Ur- und Frühgeschichte