The Maya world

by Ardren, Traci Hutson, Scott

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Title Statements

Full title :The Maya world / edited by Scott R. Hutson and Traci Ardren.

Summary

"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."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxx, 888 pages) : : illustrations, maps.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781351029568, 1351029568, 9781351029582, 1351029584, 9781351029575, 1351029576, 9781351029551, 135102955X
oclc:on1159169707
LC Classification:F1435
Dewey Decimal:972.81

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

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 deba…

Subjects

History Mayas Mayas -- Antiquités Mayas -- Antiquities Mayas -- Civilisation Mayas -- Civilization Mayas -- Histoire Mayas -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology