Art and the Senses in Ancient America

Contents

Introduction. Art and the Senses in ancient America – Ma. L. Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, A. García Barrios, M. E. O’Neil

Part I. Art, sensory perception and experience among the ancient Maya

Ch. 1. Materia, textura, color y percepción de imágenes sagradas – A. García Barrios, A. M. de Velasco Cortina

Ch. 2. A miniature world of sensorial art – M. E. Miller

Ch. 3. Sonido en barro: figurillas-silbatos miniatura de Palenque – A. García Barrios et al.

Ch. 4. Aromas y experiencia olfativa maya – Ma. L. Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, P. Horcajada Campos

Ch. 5. Envolviendo a los gobernantes mayas: estudio arqueométrico en Calakmul – V. Tiesler et al.

Ch. 6. Flavours, aromas and textures in Maya life – L. Fernández Souza

Ch. 7. Mixtures and textures in Maya culinary art – M. J. Novelo-Pérez, E. M. Herrera-Parra

Ch. 8. Entrando a un patio doméstico maya – M. C. Arnauld

Ch. 9. La serpiente en la cultura visual maya – C. Vidal Lorenzo [Open Access - DOI: 10.32028/9781803278117-p122-139]

Ch. 10. Grafitos mayas prehispánicos: percepción y representación – N. Feliu Beltrán

Ch. 11. Archaeometric study of stuccos, Northern Maya Lowlands – N. Guasch-Ferré et al.

Ch. 12. Thrones of the Dresden Codex: the materiality of power – M. Paxton

Part II. Art, sensory perception and experience in other Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian cultures

Ch. 13. Greenstone artifacts via in situ spectroscopy – M. D. Manrique-Ortega et al.

Ch. 14. Análisis tecnológico del mono de obsidiana – E. Melgar Tísoc et al.

Ch. 15. Scrolls of Smoke and Sky: scent and sound in Borgia manuscripts – A. S. Radlo-Dzur

Ch. 16. Materialidad de los códices mesoamericanos I: historia de análisis – D. Domenici, É. Dupey García

Ch. 17. Materialidad de los códices mesoamericanos II: historia y perspectivas – É. Dupey García, D. Domenici

Ch. 18. Sounds of copper and fire: symbolism of copper alloys – M. Gudemos

Ch. 19. Pre-Hispanic dyes in Colonial architecture, N. Mexico – K. Muñoz Alcocer et al.

About the Author

The contributions collected in this book are presented by authors working in different academic institutions in Europe and the Americas. Their long research trajectories are characterized by innovative interdisciplinary approaches that are characteristic of their respective universities and research centers, including the Getty Research Institute, Emory University, Princeton University, University of New Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Mérida, Yucatán), Universitat de València, Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Università di Bologna, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Paris, among others. In this way, the book brings together structured contributions from diverse disciplinary fields, such as art history, history, archaeology, anthropology or archaeometry, among others. The authors have all published widely in international journals and books.