Glimpses of the Supernatural
Altered States of Consciousness and the Graffiti of Tikal, Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4374058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William A Haviland, Anita De Laguna Haviland |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 295-309 |
| Publication date | 1995-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/971833 |
| OpenAlex | W2334050916 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 6 |
Application of a neuropsychological model, developed in the laboratory, to the graffiti of Tikal reveals that the great majority of the latter are products of altered states of consciousness, depictions of visions seen by people in states of trance in relatively private settings. Beneath this art's apparent surface disorder and haphazard arrangement lies a definite neuropsychological order. Consideration of the provenances of graffiti suggests that the practice of trancing was widespread in Classic times, at least among the elite class and upper stratum of commoners
Altered state · Art · Consciousness · Elite · Graffiti · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vision · Visual arts · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Categorization, perception, and language · Neuroscience · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · History · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.61 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |