The Natural History of the Soul in Ancient Mexico
, by Furst, Jill Leslie McKeeverNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780300072600 | 0300072600
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/1/1997
A richly illustrated look at basic Precolumbian beliefs among ancient Mesoamerican peoples about life and death, body and soul. Drawing on linguistic, ethnographic, and iconographic sources, art historian Jill McKeever Furst argues that the Mexica turned not to mental or linguistic constructions for verifying ideas about the soul, but to what they experienced through the senses. 32 illustrations.