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Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin Edited by John Edward Staller, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Pre-Columbian Andean and Mesoamerican cultures have inspired a special fascination among historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, as well as the general public. As two of the earliest known and studied civilizations, their origin and creation mythologies hold a special interest. The existing and Pre-Columbian cultures from these regions are particularly known for having a strong connection with the natural landscape, and weaving it into their mythologies. A landscape approach to archaeology in these areas is uniquely useful shedding insight into their cultural beliefs, practices, and values.The ways in which these cultures imbued their landscape with symbolic significance influenced the settlement of the population, the construction of monuments, as well as their rituals and practices. This edited volume combines research on Pre-Columbian cultures throughout Mesoamerica and South America, examining their constructed monuments and ritual practices. It explores the foundations of these cultures, through both the creation mythologies of ancient societies as well as the tangible results of those beliefs. It offers insight on specific case studies, combining evidence from the archaeological record with sacred texts and ethnohistoric accounts. The patterns developed throughout this work shed insight on the effect that perceived sacredness can have on the development of culture and society. This comprehensive and much-needed work will be of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists focused on Pre-Columbian studies, as well as those in the fields of cultural or religious studies with a broader geographic focus.

Indian mythology --- Landscape archaeology --- Indians --- Sacred space --- Creation. --- Mythologie indienne d'Amérique --- Archéologie du paysage --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Indiens --- Lieux sacrés --- Création --- Antiquities. --- Religion. --- Social life and customs. --- Antiquités --- Religion --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Latin America --- Amérique latine --- Civilization. --- Civilisation --- Indian art -- Latin America. --- Indians --Antiquities. --- Indians --Religion. --- Creation --- Americas - General --- Social Change --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- Sociology & Social History --- History & Archaeology --- Social Sciences --- Antiquities --- Social life and customs --- Mythologie indienne d'Amérique --- Archéologie du paysage --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Lieux sacrés --- Création --- Antiquités --- Amérique latine --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVSOCIA SPRINGER-B --- Biblical cosmogony --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Mythology, Indian --- Religion and mythology --- Mythology --- History. --- Culture --- Geology. --- Ecology. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- History, general. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- Cosmogony --- Natural theology --- Teleology --- Beginning --- Biblical cosmology --- Creation windows --- Creationism --- Evolution --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Human beings --- Annals --- Ecology --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Ecology . --- Indian antiquities --- Indian artifacts

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There is widespread acknowledgement among anthropologists, archaeologists, ethnobotanists, as well as researchers in related disciplines that specific foods and cuisines are linked very strongly to the formation and maintenance of cultural identity and ethnicity. Strong associations of foodways with culture are particularly characteristic of South American Andean cultures. Food and drink convey complex social and cultural meanings that can provide insights into regional interactions, social complexity, cultural hybridization, and ethnogenesis. This edited volume presents novel and creative anthropological, archaeological, historical, and iconographic research on Andean food and culture from diverse temporal periods and spatial settings. The breadth and scope of the contributions provides original insights into a diversity of topics, such as the role of food in Andean political economies, the transformation of foodways and cuisines through time, and ancient iconographic representations of plants and animals that were used as food. Thus, this volume is distinguished from most of the published literature in that specific foods, cuisines, and culinary practices are the primary subject matter through which aspects of Andean culture are interpreted.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of culture --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Food science and technology --- Environmental planning --- Social geography --- Archeology --- History --- etnologie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- etnografie --- cultuur --- geschiedenis --- voedingsleer --- geografie --- archeologie --- Latin America --- Food. --- Food habits. --- Civilization. --- South America --- Andes Region. --- South America. --- Human geography. --- Cultural geography. --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- Food science. --- Archaeology. --- History. --- Ethnology. --- Social and Cultural Geography. --- Latin American Culture. --- Food Science. --- Ethnography. --- Latin America.

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Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupiter in the Greco/Roman tradition, and Thor in Norse myth. This book explores the symbolic elements surrounding lightning in their associated pre-Columbian religious ideologies.

Indian cosmology. --- Indians --- Lightning --- Religion. --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Religious aspects --- Folklore. --- Latin America --- Antiquities.

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Indians of South America --- Shamanistic symbolism --- Art, Shamanistic --- Shamanism --- Grave goods --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Symbolisme chamanique --- Art chamanique --- Chamanisme --- Mobilier funéraire --- Funeral customs and rites --- Congresses. --- History --- Congresses --- Antiquities --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires --- Congrès --- Histoire --- Antiquités --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Mobilier funéraire --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires --- Congrès --- Antiquités