Obsidian reflections : symbolic dimensions of obsidian in Mesoamerica / edited by Marc N. Levine and David M. Carballo.
"Departing from the political economy perspective taken by the vast majority of volumes devoted to Mesoamerican obsidian, Obsidian Reflections is an examination of obsidian's sociocultural dimensions--particularly in regard to Mesoamerican world view, religion, and belief systems. Explorin...
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Table of Contents:
- Reflections on obsidian studies in Mesoamerica: past, present, and future / Marc N. Levine
- Ethnohistorical evidence for obsidian's ritual and symbolic uses among the postclassic Tarascans / Véronique Darras
- The symbolism of obsidian in postclassic central Mexico / Alejandro Pastrana and Ivonne Athie
- Machetes and meaning: some notes on cutting tools in a contemporary Mixtec community / John Monaghan
- Symbolic and ritual dimensions of exchange, production, use, and deposition of ancient Maya obsidian artifacts / Kazuo Aoyama
- Obsidian obsessed? Examining patterns of chipped-stone procurement at late postclassic Tututepec, Oaxaca / Marc N. Levine
- Obsidian symbolism in a temple offering from La Laguna, Tlaxcala / David M. Carballo
- Ritual use of obsidian from Maya caves in Belize: a functional and symbolic analysis / W. James Stemp and Jaime J. Awe
- Obsidian and ritual in Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla / Mari Carmen Serra Puche, Jesús Carlos Lazcano Arce, and Mónica Blanco García Méndez
- Reflections on reflections / William J. Parry.