Books by Cynthia Kristan-Graham
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Landscapes of the Itza, 2017
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<p>This chapter concerns landscapes at Chichen Itza, including actual terrain and two- and ... more <p>This chapter concerns landscapes at Chichen Itza, including actual terrain and two- and three-dimensional representations of landscape. The focus is the Mercado, a gallery-patio building, the largest structure in the Group of the Thousand Columns, an elite walled compound in the site center. The Mercado is a performative space for elite lineage rituals, and its carved and painted dais functioned as a throne. The throne's embellishment—which includes a sky-earth profile, skybands, and processions of bound figures—suggests a primordial place of origin, fertility, and political authority. The chapter also discusses more broadly the power of landscape in establishing identity, the trope of walking at Chichen Itza, and associated Yucatec Maya moral codes.</p>
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Ethnohistory, 2009
... The data he collected is rich and detailed; Dr. Krouse has done the field a great service by ... more ... The data he collected is rich and detailed; Dr. Krouse has done the field a great service by publishing it. ... 202 Book Reviews Native Women's History in Eastern North America before 1900: A Guide to Research and Writing. Edited by Rebecca Kugel and Lucy Eldersveld Murphy. ...
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Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites, 2015
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The introduction discusses the importance of Chichen Itza as a Maya capital, hub of a trading net... more The introduction discusses the importance of Chichen Itza as a Maya capital, hub of a trading network, and home to a unique art tradition. Landscape is a unifying theme, and its geographical, philosophical, and theoretical associations are explored. Some chapters focus on recent archaeology of Chichen Itza and related sites in Yucatan while others offer new interpretations of the Castillo-sub, Osario, Mercado, and Upper Temple of the Jaguars. Each chapter is summarized, with specific attention paid to points of interconnection between chapters, historiography, chronology, visual culture, social interaction, ritual, rulership, and the disciplines of archaeology and art history.
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Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands: Gods, Ancestors, and Human Beings, Feb 12, 2020
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Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands: Gods, Ancestors, and Human Beings, Feb 12, 2020
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Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites, 2015
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In "Memory Traces: Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites," edited by C. Kristan-Graham and L. A... more In "Memory Traces: Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites," edited by C. Kristan-Graham and L. Amrhein. University Press of Colorado, 2015. This chapter concerns parallels in domestic and administrative buildings at Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico that embody references to Tollan and Teotihuacan and that equate the family and the polity. A discussion of phenomenology and habitus indicates how memories and political and filial associations plausibly were catalysts for the formation and conjuring of deep memories.
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