Abstract

The three books under review are collective monographs that consist of interdisciplinary approaches (archaeology, ethnohistory, cultural anthropology, anthropology of religion) and divided into sections according to discipline or more specific common topic. A leitmotif of all of them is ritual landscape, sacred mountains, the agricultural cycle and rainmaking rituals in Mesoamerica (mostly in its Mexican part) which have been present in this cultural area since pre-Hispanic times until the present day. The authors of particular contributions point out archaeological, historical and ethnographic evidence of these religious beliefs and ritual practices across the centuries and emphasize not only their antiquity but also their uninterrupted continuity. This tradition was incorporated into Christianity, thanks to which it survived missionary activities of the Spaniards as well as pitfalls of modern era and represents the core of popular religion in native Mexican communities.

摘要

所审查的三本书是集体专着，由跨学科研究方法（考古学，民族史，文化人类学，宗教人类学）组成，并根据学科或更具体的共同主题分为几部分。所有这些的主旋律是中美洲（主要是墨西哥部分）的仪式景观，神圣的山脉，农业循环和降雨仪式，自西班牙裔以前到今天一直存在于该文化地区。特别贡献的作者指出了整个世纪以来这些宗教信仰和仪式实践的考古，历史和人种学证据，并不仅强调了它们的上古，而且还强调了它们的不间断的连续性。这个传统被纳入基督教，