<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lana Williams</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christine White</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The 'Grand Cycle' of Life and Death: Body Position as an Extension of Venus Commemoration during the Terminal Classic</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peterborough</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Specific variations in body position for burials found at Lamanai and other coastal Maya sites suggest a strong association with 'watery underworld' figures. These figures are also seen in Maya iconography as representing underworld gods and Venus identities related to commemoration during the Terminal Classic and Postclassic. The temporal and spatial extent of the burials are unknown and require further investigation to better understand their purpose and reflection of spiritual ideology among the ancient Maya. A new approach to understanding a possible ideological shift associated with these mortuary practices is explored using archaeoastronomy and spatial analysis.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>