Fanning the Sacred Flame : Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of H.B. Nicholson / edited by Matthew A. Boxt and Brian Dervin Dillon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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H.B. Nicholson and the archaeological bug / Eloise Quiñones Keber -- The Olmec and their neighbors. The middle formative period stelae of Chalcatzingo / David C. Grove ; Isla Alor : Olmec to contact in the La Venta hinterland / Matthew A. Boxt, L. Mark Raab, and Rebecca B. González Lauck ; Aquí nació el mundo : Takalik Abaj and early Mesoamerican civilization / Brian Dervin Dillon -- The Maya and their neighbors. Kingship in the cradle of Maya civilization : the Mirador basin / Richard D. Hansen ; Yaxchilán structure 23 : the house of Ix K'ab'al Xok / Sandra L. Orellana ; Santa Rosa, Chiapas : human sacrifice and the Mesoamerican ballgame / Alejandro Martínez Muriel and Emilie Carreón Blaine ; Pipil archaeology of Pacific Guatemala / Frederick J. Bove, José Vicente Genovez, and Carlos A. Batres ; Under ground in ancient Mesoamerica / James E. Brady -- Central Mexico. The Mixteca-Puebla tradition and H.B. Nicholson / Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo ; Obsidian butterfly and flowery tree : an effigy vessel from Coxcatlán / Edward B. Sisson ; Nick at night : cosmic aspects of Topiltzin-Quetzalcoatl / Anthony F. Aveni ; The Xipe Tótec cult and Mexica military promotion / Carlos Javier González González -- Ethnohistory. Prehispanic K'iche-Maya historiography / Robert M. Carmack ; Connecting Nahua and Mixtec histories / Kevin Terraciano -- The Colonial Period. The final tribute of Tenochtitlan / Lawrence H. Feldman ; Feathered serpents, pulquerías, and Indian sedition in colonial Cholula / Geoffrey G. McCafferty ; The posthumous history of the Tizoc stone / Alfredo López Austin and Leonardo López Luján ; The real expedición anticuaria collection / Marie-France Fauvet-Berthelot, Leonardo López Luján, and Susana Guimarâes -- Ethnography. Yucatec Maya agricultural ritual survivals / Ruth Gubler ; Mesoamerican Indian clothing : survivals, acculturation, and beyond / Patricia R. Anawalt.

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"Fanning the Sacred Flame: Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of H. B. Nicholson contains twenty-two original papers in tribute to H. B.'Nick'Nicholson, a pioneer of Mesoamerican research. His intellectual legacy is recognized by Mesoamerican archaeologists, art historians, ethnohistorians, and ethnographers--students, colleagues, and friends who derived inspiration and encouragement from him throughout their own careers. Each chapter, which presents original research inspired by Nicholson, pays tribute to the teacher, writer, lecturer, friend, and mentor who became a legend within his own lifetime. Covering all of Mesoamerica across all time periods, contributors include Patricia R. Anawalt, Alfredo López Austin, Anthony Aveni, Robert M. Carmack, David C. Grove, Richard D. Hansen, Leonardo López Luján, Kevin Terraciano, and more. Eloise Quiñones Keber provides a thorough biographical sketch, detailing Nicholson's academic and professional journey. Publication supported, in part, by The Patterson Foundation and several private donors."--EBSCO.

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