Heart of creation: the Mesoamerican world and the legacy of Linda Schele
2003; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 40; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.40-2872
ISSN1943-5975
Tópico(s)Latin American history and culture
ResumoThe core of this book focuses on current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on Maya, Schele served as chief disseminator of knowledge to general public about this ancient Mesoamerican culture, similar to way in which Margaret Mead introduced anthropology and people of Borneo to English-speaking world. Twenty-five contributors offer scholarly writings on subjects ranging from ritual function of public space at Olmec site and gardens of Great Goddess at Teotihuacan to understanding of Jupiter in astronomy and meaning of water throne of Quirigua Zoomorph P. The workshops on history and writing that Schele conducted in Guatemala and Mexico for highland people, modern descendants of Mayan civilization, are thoroughly addressed as is phenomenon termed Maya mania - explosive growth of interest in epigraphy, iconography, astronomy, and cosmology that Schele stimulated. An appendix provides a bibliography of Schele's publications and a collection of Scheleana, written memories of the Rabbit Woman by some of her colleagues and students. Of interest to professionals as well as generalists, this collection will stand as a marker of state of Mayan studies at turn of 21st century and as a tribute to remarkable personality who guided a large part of that archaeological research for more than two decades.
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