Decorous bodies and disordered passions: Representations of emotion among the classic maya

World Archaeology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-219

  Houston, Stephen D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Symbolism; Classic Maya; Emotions; Mesoamerican Archaeology; Representation

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ART; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMBOLISM;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; CENTRAL AMERICA; EMOTIONS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 9144254930     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240120079253     Document Type: Article

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