Olmec iconography was a product of close observation of the natural world as well as shamanic trance visions. The Olmec transmitted their knowledge of the natural world in their naturalistic imagery and their knowledge of shamanism in depictions of precise ecstatic trance postures and supernatural composite imagery. Inherent to both artistic traditions is an understanding of the transformative processes of both the natural world and of the shamanic visionary experience. Additionally, the Olmec used their carving technique to inform and educate their intended viewers about the performance of transformative shamanic practice
Animist cultures around the world are based on interactions among humans and other-than-human beings...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-112)The primary concern of this thesis is to examine ...
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The Olmec civilization thrived in what is now the present-day Gulf Coast of Mexico. They developed r...
The Olmec civilization thrived in what is now the present-day Gulf Coast of Mexico. They developed r...
To pursue this investigation, I shall trace the archaeological discovery of the Olmec, and present a...
To pursue this investigation, I shall trace the archaeological discovery of the Olmec, and present a...
Before the appearance of writing in Mesoamerica, symbols with a religious significance had appeared....
Before the appearance of writing in Mesoamerica, symbols with a religious significance had appeared....
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-157)The objectives of this study are to investigate t...
The purpose of this thesis is to provide insight, from an art historical perspective, into the compl...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-129)The were-jaguar motif has long been an enigmatic ...
Thesis (B.S.) in Liberal Arts and Sciences -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.Bibli...
The ceramic assemblage which characterizes the enigmatic Tlatilco burials is duplicated in the strat...
Animist cultures around the world are based on interactions among humans and other-than-human beings...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-112)The primary concern of this thesis is to examine ...
inclusion in Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWor...
The Olmec civilization thrived in what is now the present-day Gulf Coast of Mexico. They developed r...
The Olmec civilization thrived in what is now the present-day Gulf Coast of Mexico. They developed r...
To pursue this investigation, I shall trace the archaeological discovery of the Olmec, and present a...
To pursue this investigation, I shall trace the archaeological discovery of the Olmec, and present a...
Before the appearance of writing in Mesoamerica, symbols with a religious significance had appeared....
Before the appearance of writing in Mesoamerica, symbols with a religious significance had appeared....
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-157)The objectives of this study are to investigate t...
The purpose of this thesis is to provide insight, from an art historical perspective, into the compl...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-129)The were-jaguar motif has long been an enigmatic ...
Thesis (B.S.) in Liberal Arts and Sciences -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.Bibli...
The ceramic assemblage which characterizes the enigmatic Tlatilco burials is duplicated in the strat...
Animist cultures around the world are based on interactions among humans and other-than-human beings...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-112)The primary concern of this thesis is to examine ...