Iconicity of the Uto-Aztecans - Snake Anthropomorphy in Great Basin, American Southwest Mesoamerica

The attempt to study a snake simulacrum thus constitutes the basic objective of this volume. A long, all-embracing iconicity of snakes and related snake motifs are evident in different cultural expressions ranging from rock art templates to other cultural artifacts like basketry, pottery, temple architecture and sculptural motifs.

A propos de l'auteur

Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay is Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. He has taught at the University of Calcutta and Presidency College, India, and also briefly at the University of Texas at Dallas prior to his appointment in Mexico. An interdisciplinary scholar and former Fulbright Fellow, he travelled extensively across the American Southwest and Mexico to develop an interpretative view of Native American iconography.

Alan Philip Garfinkel is a senior investigator in an environmental compliance firm UltraSystems, headquartered in Irvine, California. Garfinkel has taught at California State University, Bakersfield and published extensively on California and Great Basin archaeology. He is the President and founder of California Rock Art Foundation and featured in the documentary “Talking Stone” sponsored by the Bradshaw Foundation.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alan Philip Garfinkel, Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Tirtha Prasad Garfinkel Mukhopadhyay, Tirtha Prasad Garfinkel Mukhopadhyay Mukhopadhyay
• Edition: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781836950837
• ISBN: 978-1-83695-083-7
• Pages: 266
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / American / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Archaeology, Art treatments & subjects, Social and cultural anthropology, The Arts: treatments and subjects, US South: West South Central States, ART / History / Prehistoric, Mesoamerican cultures / civilisations, The visual, decorative or fine arts: treatments and subjects