03472nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10185702 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 040812s2005 txuab sb s001 0 eng 2004019050 0292705867 ((cl.) : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)606125759 n-mx--- F1219.3.R38 I5 2005eb 305.897/42 22 In the maw of the earth monster [electronic resource] : mesoamerican ritual cave use / edited by James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005. viii, 438 p. : ill., maps. The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : a history of Mesoamerican cave interpretation / James E. Brady and Keith M. Prufer -- Rites of passage and other ceremonies in caves / Doris Heyden -- The cave-pyramid complex among the contemporary Nahua of northern Veracruz / Alan R. Sandstrom -- Constructing mythic space : the significance of a chicomoztoc complex at Acatzingo Viejo / Manuel Aguilar ... [et al.] -- Pre-Hispanic rain ceremonies in Blade Cave, Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico / Janet Fitzsimmons -- Sacred caves and rituals from the northern Mixteca of Oaxaca, Mexico : new revelations / Carlos Rinc�on Mautner -- Some notes on ritual caves among the ancient and modern Maya / Evon Z. Vogt and David Stuart -- Shamans, caves, and the roles of ritual specialists in Maya society / Keith M. Prufer -- Cave stelae and megalithic monuments in western Belize / Jaime J. Awe, Cameron Griffith, and Sherry Gibbs -- A cognitive approach to artifact distribution in caves of the Maya area / Andrea Stone -- Cluster concentrations, boundary markers, and ritual pathways : a GIS analysis of artifact cluster patterns at Actun Tunichil, Muknal, Belize / Holley Moyes -- Ethnographic notes on Maya Q'eqchi' cave rites : implications for archaeological interpretation / Abigail E. Adams and James E. Brady -- A Lacandon religious ritual in the cave of the god Tsiban�a at the holy lake of Mensabok in the rainforest of Chiapas / Jaroslaw Theodore Petryshyn -- Beneath the Yalahau : emerging patterns of ancient Maya ritual cave use from northern Quintana Roo, Mexico / Dominique Rissolo -- Caves, karst, and settlement at Mayap�an, Yucat�an / Clifford T. Brown -- Concluding comments / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Indians of Mexico Rites and ceremonies. Indians of Mexico Religion. Indians of Mexico Antiquities. Caves Religious aspects. Mayas Rites and ceremonies. Mayas Religion. Mayas Antiquities. Mexico Antiquities. Electronic books. local Brady, James Edward, 1948- Prufer, Keith M. (Keith Malcolm), 1960- ebrary, Inc. Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10185702 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 232458 232458