Mesoamerican Sites and World-Views
Mesoamerican Sites and World-Views
By: Elizabeth P. Benson
This volume explores questions of why ancient Mesoamerican sites were placed where they were, how the sites might have been altered, and what these activities and choices had to do with the cosmology and worldview of the people who constructed the sites.
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This volume explores questions of why ancient Mesoamerican sites were placed where they were, how the sites might have been altered, and what these activities and choices had to do with the cosmology and worldview of the people who constructed the sites. With research from experts in fields ranging from history to ethnography to astronomy, Mesoamerican Sites and World-Views is an investigation into Mesoamerican conceptions of reality through a tangible legacy we can still see today.
Elizabeth P. Benson
Elizabeth P. Benson (1924–2018) was an art historian known for her extensive contributions over a long career to the study of Pre-Columbian art, in particular that of Mesoamerica and the Andes. A former Andrew S. Keck Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art History at the American University in Washington, D.C., Benson had also a long association with Dumbarton Oaks, where she served as curator of the collection of Pre-Columbian artworks, and then, most influentially, as the inaugural Director of Pre-Columbian Studies.
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