Book/Printed Material Maya gods of war

Title

• Maya gods of war

Summary

• "Archaeological projects have found substantial evidence of the military nature of Maya society, and warfare is a frequent theme of Maya art. Bassie-Sweet investigates the Classic Period Maya gods who were associated with weapons of war, and the flint and obsidian from which those weapons were made"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

• Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952- author

Created / Published

• Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2021]

Contents

• Chahk deities and flint weapons -- The flint and fire deity GIII -- Classic Maya Tlaloc deities and their obsidian meteor weapons -- The Kaloomte' lords -- The offices and regalia of the Tlaloc cult -- Women in the Tlaloc cult -- God L : an obsidian and mercantile deity.

Headings

• -  Maya gods
• -  Maya mythology
• -  Warfare, Prehistoric
• -  Weapons, Ancient

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
• -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

• F1435.3.R3

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021003575

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021003575

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• epub

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021003575

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