university of texas press the religion of the etruscans feb 2006
university of texas press thelma & louise live the cultural afterlife of an american film nov 2007
... of the sweep of the American West, situating the personal develop- ment of the characters into the visual iconography of the American cine - ma and history. In Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey ... simulation of image as artifact recalls the freeze-frame that con- cludes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), an image of the two outlaws charging out of...
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university of texas press the religion of the etruscans feb 2006
... formal written version of their papers, taking into account the con- tributions of others. The table of contents for TheReligionoftheEtruscansre- veals the range of topics. The aim is to be systematic ... Tatum During the spring term of 1999, the Department of Clas- sics at The Florida State University organized and hosted a conference, the title of which was ‘...
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university of texas press death and the classic maya kings jan 2009
... the end of this period and the celebration of the soul’s arrival into the land of the dead, indicated by the now-dry bones and the reestablishment of more “friendly” social relations with the ... return to the surface of the earth through the back of the “turtle.” As a metaphor for the annual agricultural cycle, the story of the Maize God...
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university of texas press negotiating for the past archaeology nationalism and diplomacy in the middle east 1919-1941 jul 2007
... SecretaryofStateCharlesEvans Hughes assured them that ‘ the Department of State is in entire sympa- thywiththeviewexpressedinyourletterthattheprincipleofthe‘open door’ should govern in the granting of ... American museum. There was a significant policy change in these years, which indicated the growing involvement of the United States in the world of the 1920s. In the prew...
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university of texas press before the volcano erupted the ancient cerén village in central america mar 2002
... green even at the height of the dry season. Over most of the rest of the valley were less dense forests of deciduous trees that would largely shed their leaves at the height of the dry season, ... by chronometric means. For the Cerén samples, the dated events are the death of the grass used for roof- ing thatch and the growth of the tree rings com- prisin...
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university of texas press heraldry for the dead memory identity and the engraved stone plaques of neolithic iberia sep 2008
... an eastern origin of the plaques. Plaque studies—and indeed the study of the Late Neolithic of the Iberian Peninsula—made their greatest advance with the prodigious eff orts of the Ger- man prehistorians ... one: they suggested that the two forms existed at the same time. Like some prehistorians before them, the Leisners also noted the engraving styles of the...
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university of texas press in the maw of the earth monster studies of mesoamerican ritual cave use feb 2005
... Another is Tamoanchan, the paradise of the Mother Goddess, the place of birth, the cincalli, or house of maize (Seler 1963, 1:25). Garibay de- fines cincalli as the cavern that is ‘ the place of ... miles to the east of thevillage lies the Gulf of Mexico .The climate of the region between the mountains and the Gulf Coast is tropical and humid, supporting th...
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university of texas press signs of the inka khipu binary coding in the andean knotted-string records aug 2003
... employed Attheendofthetext, the name of the Tseng 2003.3.5 06:52 6778 Urton / SIGNS OF THE INKA KHIPU / sheet 29 of 216 SIGNS OF THE INKA KHIPU Tseng 2003.3.5 06:52 6778 Urton / SIGNS OF THE INKA ... about the sender or the receiver of goods involved. It ap- parently sufficed to report the quantities of the goods in question. The nature of these products wa...
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university of texas press the teotihuacan trinity the sociopolitical structure of an ancient mesoamerican city dec 2007
... goddess on the Teocalli, Tenochtitlan 157 8.12 Southerly view of the Plaza of the Moon 159 8.13 Plan of the Building of the Altars 160 8.14 Calendrical page of the Codex Féjérvary-Mayer 161 x the teotihuacan ... and the people frolic in the joys of their bounteous situation. The message is clear. Proper propitiation of the mountain performed by the collec...
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university of california press from marriage to the market the transformation of womens lives and work aug 2006
... University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2006 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress ... marriage, motherhood, and the labor force have al- tered profoundly over these years and the consequences of these shifts for the new economy of today. Rather th...
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