Iconicity of the Uto-Aztecans
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Iconicity of the Uto-Aztecans

Snake Anthropomorphy in the Great Basin, the American Southwest and Mesoamerica

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Iconicity of the Uto-Aztecans

Snake Anthropomorphy in the Great Basin, the American Southwest and Mesoamerica

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Uto-Aztecan iconic practices are primarily conditioned by the consciousness of the snake as a death-dealing power, and as such, an animal that displays the deepest fears and anxieties of the individual. The attempt to study a snake simulacrum thus constitutes the basic objective of this volume. A long, all-embracing iconicity of snakes and related snake motifs are evident in different cultural expressions ranging from rock art templates to other cultural artifacts like basketry, pottery, temple architecture and sculptural motifs. Uto-Aztecan iconography demonstrates a symbolic memorial order of emotional valences, as well as the negotiations with death and a belief in rebirth, just as the skin-shedding snake reptile manifests in its life cycle.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2023
ISBN
9781800739734
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Chronology
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1. In-migrations of the First Uto-Aztecans
  12. Chapter 2. The Uto-Aztecan Homeland
  13. Chapter 3. The Primordial Snake Religion
  14. Chapter 4. How Does Prehistoric Iconicity Emerge and Function?
  15. Chapter 5. Anthropomorphy of the Uto-Aztecans, Animism, and Animalism
  16. Chapter 6. Temporal Horizons of Uto-Aztecan Iconography
  17. Chapter 7. Hunting Tool Iconography
  18. Chapter 8. The Coso Anthropomorph and Its Untold Secrets and Mysteries
  19. Chapter 9. The Circular Snake of Time
  20. Chapter 10. Outlier Indices in Aztec Icons
  21. Chapter 11. Iconicity of Tlaloc in the Rain Praying Cultures of del BajĂ­o
  22. Chapter 12. The Binding Liberating Chain of ChupĂ­cuaro Pottery
  23. Chapter 13. Mother-Earth Snakes
  24. Conclusion
  25. References
  26. Index