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This work will be an essential volume for anyone with interests in Mesoamerican religion and culture and will be indispensable for a good many years to come. --Karl Taube, University of California, Riverside

This work will be an essential volume for anyone with interests in Mesoamerican religion and culture and will be indispensable for a good many years to come. --Karl Taube, University of California, Riverside Well conceived, cohesive, and one of the best edited volumes I have read. . . . Contributes to our understanding of Mesoamerican sorcery and culture in a profound way. --American Anthropologist

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Jeremy D. Coltman has taught in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Los Angeles; Santa Monica College; and University of California, Riverside. He is fascinated with the ideological and artistic influence of the ancient Maya on the Late Postclassic Nahua and Aztec civilizations, a subject on which he has published in a number of journals including Mexicon, Latin American Antiquity, and Ancient Mesoamerica. His current research involves an investigation of the Maya solar cult at the site of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.   John M. D. Pohl is adjunct professor in art history at UCLA and lecturer in anthropology at Cal State LA. A specialist in ancient Mesoamerican art and writing systems, he has published numerous books and articles including Exploring Mesoamerica and The Legend of Lord Eight Deer. In addition to his academic pursuits, Pohl has served as a writer, designer, and curator for major museums and exhibitions including “Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Art and Ritual in Ancient Southern Mexico” for Princeton University, “The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire” for the Getty Villa Museum, and “The Children of Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico” for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  

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