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Fiery pool : the Maya and the mythic sea
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Fiery pool : the Maya and the mythic sea

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"Fiery Pool : The Maya and the Mythic Sea accompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, on view from March 27 through July 18, 2010; and traveling to the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, from August 29, 2010, through January 2, 2011; and the Saint Louis Art Museum from February 13 through May 8, 2011"--T.p. verso.

Contents

Introduction / Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston
The worlds of the ancient Maya and the worlds they made / Mary E. Miller and Megan O'Neil
Drowned landscapes / Heather McKillop
The wide waters of Palenque / David Stuart
Living waters and wondrous beasts / Stephen D. Houston
Symbols of water management at Copan, Honduras / Barbara W. Fash
The music of shells / Marc Zender
Navigating the Maya world / Daniel Finamore
The dark lord of Maya trade / Simon Martin
The Maya ports Isla Cerritos and Uaymil / Rafael Cobos
Where earth and sky meet : the sea and sky in ancient and contemporary Maya cosmology / Karl A. Taube
Offerings to the rain gods : the archaeology of Maya caves / James E. Brady
Objects cast into cenotes / Luis Alberto Martos López
Coda : the sea and art / Daniel Finamore.

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