Twin City Tales: A Hermeneutical Reassessment of Tula and Chichén ItzáBy exercising a "hermeneutic of suspicion," Jones contends that most explanations of the resemblance between the two sets of ruins reveals more about Western attitudes toward indigenous American peoples than about the empirical realities of pre-Columbian life. By deploying a "hermeneutic of recovery," Jones then presents a fresh interpretation of the old problem of similitude between Tula and Chichen Itza from the perspective of the history of religions. |
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Ancient Cities Ancient Maya Archaeology archi architec architectural events argues art and architecture art history Aztec Ball Court buildings Carnegie Castillo centers Central Mexican ceremonial Chapter Chichén and Cenote Chichén Itzá chronological Classic Maya Coggins commemoration context Copán cultural Désiré Charnay Diehl discussion Empire Eric Thompson ethnohistorical Gadamer hermeneutical Hidalgo historians history of religions ibid indigenous instance interpretation Kidder Kubler Landa Lowland Maya Maya and Mexican Maya architecture Maya Art Maya Civilization Maya Lowlands Maya-Mexican ment Mesoamerican architecture Mesoamericanists Mexican Mexico Middle American monuments Moreover Morley murals organization Palenque particularly Petén plaza polarity Postclassic pre-Columbian architecture pre-Columbian art pre-Hispanic Press priority problem Putun Puuc pyramid Quetzalcoatl re)construction religious respect ritual ritual-architectural events ruins sacred architecture Sacred Cenote serpent serpent columns sort South Chichén specific Spinden structures Study of Maya tecture Temple Tenochtitlán Teotihuacán tion Tollan Toltec Chichén Tozzer tradition Tula and Chichén Tula-Chichén Itzá Tula's ture University Uxmal Willey