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Archaeological and Ethnological Papers of the Peabody Museum Harvard University (Volume II): The fundamental principles of Old and New world civilizat

Archaeological and Ethnological Papers of the Peabody Museum Harvard University (Volume II): The fundamental principles of Old and New world civilizat

Nuttall, Zelia

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ArchaeologyMythology & FolkloreSouth American History

ISBN10: 9353705762
ISBN13: 9789353705763
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 608
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Across continents, civilisations echo. In this landmark volume from the Peabody Museum, Zelia Nuttall asks how the Old World and the New World organised belief, society, and time. Ideas cross oceans, and return. Archaeological and Ethnological Papers of the Peabody Museum Harvard University (Volume II) gathers an ethnology scholarly monograph that reads like detective work: tracing ancient Mexican religion through ritual practice, social order, and the intricate logic of Mesoamerican calendrical systems. Nuttall sets these materials beside Eurasian examples for bold comparative civilization studies, using careful Aztec codex interpretation and a command of sources that still rewards modern readers. The result is both an academic reference edition in spirit and an absorbing narrative of precolumbian Mexico studies, where symbols, festivals, and counting systems become keys to Mesoamerican cultural history. First issued in Harvard's museum series, it records the early formation of Americanist scholarship, when artefacts, iconography, and ethnographic testimony were combined to test big ideas about civilisation. For the armchair historian, too. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A strong choice as an anthropology course supplementary text, and a handsome addition for classic-literature collectors who value enduring works of human inquiry, archaeology research papers, comparative mythology research, and collected museum papers.

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