Contents
List of Figures
Introduction - Warren DeBoer and Linea Sundstrom
Part I. Creating Continuity through Structure, Iconography, and Sacred Stories
1. Structure of the Mesoamerican Universe, from Aztec to Olmec - John E. Clark and Arlene Colman
2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? The Roots of Plains Indian Views of the Cosmos - Linea Sundstrom
3. Of Iron Steamship Anacondas and Black Cayman Canoes: Lowland Mythology as a Rosetta Stone for Formative Iconography - Peter G. Roe and Amy Roe
Part II. Encoding Tradition in Place and Object
4. The Staff God: Icon and Image in Andean Art - Jeffrey Quilter
5. On Being and Becoming: Ruminations on the Genesis, Evolution, and Maintenance of the Cerro Jaboncillo Ceremonial Center, Ecuador - Colin McEwan
6. Hopi Clan Traditions and the Pedigree of Ceremonial Objects - Wesley Bernardini
7. Remembering Emergence and Migration in the Southwest Pueblos - Kelley Hays-Gilpin
Part III. Balancing Stability and Change
8. Continuity and Discontinuity in Southwestern Religions - Stephen H. Lekson
9. The Importance of Being Specific: Theme and Trajectory in Mississippian Iconography - James Brown and John Kelly
10. Landscapes of Memory and Presence in the Canadian Shield - John Norder
Part IV. Recognizing Deep-Time Traditions
11. Cave Rituals and Ritual Caves in the Eastern United States - Cheryl Claassen
12. Reopening the Midéwiwin - Warren DeBoer
13. Resolving Contradictions as a Methodology for Investigating Maya Calendar History and Its Cosmological Associations - Robert L. Hall
Conclusion - Alice Beck Kehoe
Contributors
Index