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Exploring the Mesoamerican subterranean realm

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dc.contributor.authorBrady, James E., editor
dc.contributor.authorVerdugo, Cristina, editor
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-25T18:45:30Z
dc.date.available2025-09-25T18:45:30Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis essay collection explores the ritual use of caves in Mesoamerica by the Maya and other cultural groups, including research from central Mexico as well as the Yucatán.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction to Exploring the Mesoamerican Subterranean Realm / James E. Brady and Cristina Verdugo -- Turning a Critical Eye on the History of Maya Cave Archaeology: the Emergence of the Discipline in its Current Form / Ann M. Scott -- The Cave of Balankanché, Yucatán, México, Revisited: 1959-2019 / William J. Folan -- Confronting Archaeology's Ambivalence with a Constructed Subterranean: a Critical Reassessment of the Underground in the Northern Lowlands / James E. Brady [and five others] -- The Inadequacy of the "Chultun" Category / Thomas Ruhl -- The Cerro de la Estrella and the Politics of Time / Ismael Arturo Montero García, Christophe Helmke, and James E. Brady -- Invisible Ritual: Chemical Residue Analysis of Excavated Soils from the Cave beneath the Sun Pyramid, Teotihuacan / Rebecca Sload -- "Tlaloc" and "Chicomoztoc" in the North: Evidence for Mesoamerican Chthonic Cosmovision in the United States Southwest and Northwest Mexico / Scott Nicolay, Margaret Berrier, and Myles Miller -- Caves in Ancient Maya Pilgrimage: Archaeological Evidence of a Multifaceted Role / James E. Brady -- A History of Speleoarchaeological Investigations at Yaxchilan, Mexico / Christopher Helmke, Ileana Echauri Pérez, and Eduardo Arturo Tejeda Monroy -- Caves and the Question of Sacrifice: Changing the Rules of Engagement / Cristina Verdugo and James E. Brady.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/242048
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectIndians of Mexico -- Rites and ceremonies
dc.subjectIndians of Central America -- Rites and ceremonies
dc.subjectMayas -- Rites and ceremonies
dc.subjectCaves -- Religious aspects
dc.subjectIndians of Central America -- Religion
dc.subjectMayas -- Religion
dc.titleExploring the Mesoamerican subterranean realm
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