Debra Smetana

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But I did emphasize the separation of the two motifs (sun and fire), thus making the two phenomena the ends of a column which may serve as an axis mundi in the cosmological structure. Further, I identified the striped pole motif as a side view of the same column. In this view, the cross-in-rayed-circle becomes a two-dimensional version of what was understood as a three-dimensional reality
Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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