UID:
almahu_9949386231602882
Format:
1 online resource (xxx, 888 pages) :
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illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
9781351029568
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1351029568
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9781351029582
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1351029584
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9781351029575
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1351029576
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9781351029551
,
135102955X
Series Statement:
Routledge worlds
Content:
"The Maya World brings together over sixty authors, representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world. The Maya world, which covers Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, contains over a hundred ruins that are open to tourism, eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and many thousands more that await investigation. In addition to captivating the lay public, the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects going back to the 19th century, making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. The Maya World explores their renowned writing system, towering stone pyramids, exquisitely painted murals, and elaborate funerary tombs as well as their creative agricultural strategies, complex social, economic, and political relationships, widespread interactions with other societies, and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical ruptures. This is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians and anthropologists."--
Note:
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Chapter One Introduction -- References -- Part I Beginnings -- Chapter Two Archaic Maya matters -- Preceramic chronology and terminology -- The earliest Archaic -- The last Archaic Maya -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Three Public architecture and the rise of complexity in the Middle Preclassic -- Introduction -- History of Middle Preclassic investigations -- Challenges -- The development of Middle Preclassic public/ritual architecture
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E Groups -- Ballcourts -- Discussion -- Summary and conclusion -- References -- Chapter Four The southern Maya Lowlands in the Late Preclassic -- Introduction -- Historical perspectives -- Architecture and material culture -- Core issues and topics: society and politics -- New Debates: the end of the Late Preclassic -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Five The Late Preclassic Pacific slope -- Historical perspectives and core issues -- Language and identity -- Art -- Archaeology -- Izapa -- Tak'alik Ab'aj -- El Ujuxte -- Other Late Preclassic Pacific slope centers -- New and continuing debates
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Chronology -- State formation and urbanism -- Art and urbanity -- Collapse -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Six The Maya Highlands and the Late Preclassic: Kaminaljuyu as a case study -- Introduction -- Historical perspectives -- Early settlements of the Maya Highlands -- Core issues and topics: resources, strategic location, and hydraulics -- Storage -- Hydraulic management -- Montículo de la Culebra -- The end of the Preclassic: drought and termination rituals -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II Bodies -- Chapter Seven Maya bioarchaeology
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Introduction: the coming of age of Maya bioarchaeology -- Ancient Maya mobility and population structure -- Physical embodiment and social identities -- Age-at-death, physiological stress, and social distinction -- Embodying violence -- Life histories of ancient Maya nobility -- Note -- References -- Chapter Eight Graves, dead bodies, souls, and ancestors -- Contexts -- Contents -- Contextualized -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Nine Gender and sexuality -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Recent advances -- Gendered activities -- Masculinities -- Normalization -- Where do we go next?
Additional Edition:
Print version: Maya world. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9781138492837
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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History.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351029582
