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Maya milestone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

N. James
N. James*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CambridgeCB2 3DZ, UK
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Fiery pool: the Maya and the mythic sea is a travelling exhibition of nearly 100 finds that, together, imply a specific concept of the environment, physical and spiritual, for the Maya of Mesoamerica. As usual, the majority are from ‘public’ contexts, more or less aristocratic; but the exhibition generalises about Maya culture. Most of the exhibits are of the Classic period (c. AD 250–900), predominantly Late Classic, but there are some earlier pieces and several of the Postclassic (to the Spanish Conquest). Some are well known and there are striking new finds too. Curated by Daniel Finamore & Stephen Houston, Fiery pool draws from more than 40 collections in the USA, Mexico, Central America and further afield. It was shown at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts, in 2010, and the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, in 2010–11. It is now in Missouri, at the St Louis Art Museum, where its tour finishes on 8 May 2011.

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Research article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 85 , Issue 327 , March 2011 , pp. 281 - 283
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2011

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