wyszukanych pozycji: 10
Breaking Through Mexico's Past: Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
ISBN: 9780826338310 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The life of celebrated Mexican archaeologist Moctezuma tells of a man rising to the challenges of life and a man who has eloquently spoken to the the importance of understanding the roots of civilization.
The life of celebrated Mexican archaeologist Moctezuma tells of a man rising to the challenges of life and a man who has eloquently spoken to the the ...
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204,61 zł |
Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey Through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2
ISBN: 9780826342836 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 503 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Cave, City, And Eagle's Nest" is the culmination of an international research project and series of conferences, organized by the Moses Mesoamerican Archive, focused on the sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript known as the "Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2." Painted on bark paper and measuring 109 x 204 centimeters, this extraordinary document contains over seven hundred images and symbols relating the story of the emergence of ancestors at Chicomoztoc (Place of Seven Caves), their migration to the sacred city of Cholula, their foundation and settlement of Cuauhtinchan (Place of the Eagle's...
"Cave, City, And Eagle's Nest" is the culmination of an international research project and series of conferences, organized by the Moses Mesoamerican ...
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715,58 zł |
The History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
ISBN: 9780826342874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 503 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This edition includes eight useful interpretive essays that address indigenous religions and cultural practices, sexuality during the early colonial period, the roles of women in indigenous cultures, and analysis of the political and economic purposes behind Diaz del Castillo's narrative.
This edition includes eight useful interpretive essays that address indigenous religions and cultural practices, sexuality during the early colonial p...
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176,24 zł |
Daily Life of the Aztecs
ISBN: 9780313377440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, "Daily Life of the Aztecs, Second Edition" weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This new and surprising interpretation of the Aztecs puts a human face on an ancient people who created beautiful art and architecture, wrote beautiful poetry, and loved their children profoundly, while also making war and human sacrifice fundamental parts of their world. The book... Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and rit... |
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271,43 zł |
Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780870815584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Like J. Eric Thompson, Carrasco has applied an informed imagination to identify some of the ways that ideas could lie behind material form."
- American Anthropologist "A must for both professional and serious non-professional students in Mesoamerica. Those who are interested in complex society and urbanism in general, as well as students of comparative religion, will find it stimulating. Most importantly, for anyone interested in the history of ideas, the book illuminates the tremendously powerful impact and role of a complex deity/mythico-historical figure in shaping one... "Like J. Eric Thompson, Carrasco has applied an informed imagination to identify some of the ways that ideas could lie behind material form."
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170,57 zł |
City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization
ISBN: 9780807046432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At an excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, amid carvings of skulls and a dismembered warrior goddess, David Carrasco stood before a container filled with the decorated bones of infants and children. It was the site of a massive human sacrifice, and for Carrasco the center of fiercely provocative questions: If ritual violence against humans was a profound necessity for the Aztecs in their capital city, is it central to the construction of social order and the authority of city states? Is civilization built on violence? In City of Sacrifice, Carrasco chronicles the...
At an excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, amid carvings of skulls and a dismembered warrior goddess, David Carrasco stood before a co...
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153,83 zł |
Daily Life of the Aztecs
ISBN: 9798765120163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.
Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, Daily Life of the Aztecs, Second Edition weaves together a narrative describing life from the bottom of the Aztec social pyramid to its top. This new and surprising interpretation of the Aztecs puts a... Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and contin...
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113,40 zł |
With This Root about My Person: Charles H. Long and New Directions in the Study of Religion
ISBN: 9780826361622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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431,87 zł |
Waiting for the Dawn: Mircea Eliade in Perspective
ISBN: 9780870812392 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1991, Waiting for the Dawn is the result of a year-long interdisciplinary study of Mircea Eliade's scholarly, literary, and autobiographical works which took place at the University of Colorado in 1982. With a preface by David Carrasco that takes into account recent developments in Eliade scholarship, this important work is back in print after renewed interest in Eliade thanks to Francis Ford Coppola's screen adaptation Youth without Youth (2007).
First published in 1991, Waiting for the Dawn is the result of a year-long interdisciplinary study of Mircea Eliade's scholarly, literary, and ...
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147,87 zł |
Viajar de mochilero: Guía de viaje para mochileros. Oceanía y América del Sur.
ISBN: 9781512157949 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2015 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Viajar de mochilero" surge como resultado de la preparacion y realizacion de un viaje vuelta al mundo de nueve meses de duracion por Oceania y America del Sur. Que puedo encontrar dentro de este libro? -La guia mas completa para realizar un gran viaje con la mochila a cuestas. Mas de cuarenta paginas con informacion sobre que llevar de equipaje. Trucos "low cost" para transporte, alojamiento y comida. Pautas imprescindibles sobre salud y seguridad de viaje asi como valiosas paginas web de contenido indispensable en un periplo de mochilero. -Los mejores destinos en Oceania y America del Sur....
"Viajar de mochilero" surge como resultado de la preparacion y realizacion de un viaje vuelta al mundo de nueve meses de duracion por Oceania y Americ...
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118,73 zł |