To be like gods: dance in ancient Maya civilization

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Definition and Interpretation of Ancient Maya Dance Definitions of Dance History of Maya Dance Studies Aesthetics and Embodiment Sources and MethodsChapter 1: The Textual Record of Dance Decipherment of Dance Texts The Contexts of T516 \"Dance\" Expressions Case Study 1: Dos Pilas Case Study 2: Yaxchilan ConclusionsChapter 2: The Iconography of Dance Identifying Dance Iconography Case Study: Dance in the Bonampak Murals ConclusionsChapter 3: Dance Poses and Gestures The Study of Body Positions in Maya Art Dance Poses Problematic Poses From Pose to Gesture: Reconstructing Dance Movement from Figural Images Case Study: Narrative and Avian Dances ConclusionsChapter 4: Dance on Classic Maya Ceramics by Matthew Looper, Dorie Reents-Budet, and Ronald L. Bishop Case Study 1: Dances of the Maize God Case Study 2: The Ik\'-Style Corpus of Pictorial Cylinder Vessels ConclusionsChapter 5: The Architectural Settings of Dance Case Study 1: Dance Platforms at Copan and the Yucatan Case Study 2: Temple and Palace Dances in Campeche ConclusionsChapter 6: The Persistence of Maya Dance After European Contact Characteristics of Colonial and Modern Maya Dance Case Study: The Patzkar ConclusionsEpilogue: Dance as an Image of Civilization Dance as an Image of Divinity Dance as an Image of Society Dance as an Image of the State Aesthetics as Image and Process Dance in Ancient Maya HistoryAppendix: T516 \"Dance\" Expressions Ordered by DateNotesBibliographyIndex