Materializing ritual practices

Includes bibliographical references and index.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. Explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.--Provided by publisher.Introducing materialities and temporalities of ritual practice / Lisa M. Johnson and Rosemary A. Joyce -- From one moment to the next: multiple temporalities in Classic Maya ritualized "events" / Lisa M. Johnson -- Over time: from Compostura in the present to Lenca rituals of the Prehispanic Period / Rosemary A. Joyce and Russell N. Sheptak -- Voice matters: the vocal creation and manipulation of ritual temporalities / Valentina Vapnarsky -- House, floor and soil: fixing residence / M. Charlotte Arnauld -- The role of altars in Maya public rituals of the Classic Period: analysis and contexts of the associated deposits / Philippe Nondédéo, Johann Begel, Julien Hiquet, Julie Patrois, Isaac Barrientos and Marisa Vazquez -- Materiality and agentivity of house building rituals: an ethno-archaeological approach / Johann Begel, Marie Chosson, and Cédric Becquey -- Heaps of prayers: temporal dimension and ritual effectiveness of the materiality of Catholic prayers within Nahua ritual discourse / Alessandro Lupo -- Sound cues: investigating the materialization of sound in performance / Katrina Kosyk -- Sensing time through materiality: two Prehispanic sound related artifacts on exhibit at the Museo Delle Civiltà, Rome / Valeria Bellomia -- The importance of the Tunk'ul in the ritual and ceremonial song of the Carnival of Pomuch, Campeche: an interdisciplinary study / Francisca Zalaquett Rock, Olivier Le Guen, Giovani Balam Caamal, and Juan Carrillo González