The obedience experiments: A case study of controversy in social science

Miller, Arthur G.

Praeger

<p>The Painted Tombs of Oaxaca, Mexico examines ancestor veneration and the mural paintings produced over a 3000-year period by the Zapotec, one of pre-Columbian America's most visually rich cultures. Providing an art historical and technical analysis of Zapotec mural art in tombs and on temples, Arthur Miller then examines these powerful images from the vantage point of family and lineage rituals related to the cult of the dead. Among his contributions are strikingly new observations on tomb reuse and the repainting of mural programs. More than a definitive record of a fading pre-Columbian visual tradition, this interdisciplinary study of funerary practice cogently demonstrates that the Zapotec tombs were, in effect, made to satisfy the needs of the living. Moreover, it documents the religious and social continuities, as well as changes, between ancient and contemporary Zapotec communities.</p>

The Painted Tombs of Oaxaca, Mexico: Living with the Dead (Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Maya Rulers of Time/Los Soberanos Mayas Del Tiempo (A Study of Architectural Sculpture at Tikal, Guatemala) (English and Spanish Edition)

Arts & Photography

Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

xiii + 133 pp. with 125 figs. & 47 color plates, 3 tables, 4to.

On the Edge of the Sea: Mural Painting at Tancah-Tulum

History & Criticism

Dumbarton Oaks Pub Service

96 pages, cultural and technical history of the Maya in English and Spanish, bw illustrations

Maya Rulers of Time: A Study of Architectural Sculpture at Tikal, Guatemala / Los soberanos mayas del tiempo: Un estudio de la escultura arquitectónica de Tikal, Guatemala

History

Americas

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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