[PDF] New Theories On The Ancient Maya eBook

Author : Elin C. Danien
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 1992-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780924171130

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Papers from the 1987 Maya Weekend conference at the University of Pennsylvania Museum present current views of Maya culture and language. Also included is an article by George Stuart summarizing the history of the study of Maya hieroglyphs and the fascinating scholars and laypersons who have helped bring about their decipherment. Symposium Series III University Museum Monograph, 77

Author : Jared Diamond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0141976969

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From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations. Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future. What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, Jared Diamond's Collapse also shows how - unlike our ancestors - we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors. 'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' - Daily Mail 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' - Observer 'Gripping ... the book fulfils its huge ambition, and Diamond is the only man who could have written it' - Economis 'This book shines like all Diamond's work' - Sunday Times

Author : Heather Irene McKillop
Publisher :
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Central America
ISBN :

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Examines the debates concerning Maya hieroglyphs, the Maya economy, and the conflicting theories behind the enigmatic collapse of the Maya civilization.

Author : Anabel Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 2016-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1315417928

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Using studies on contemporary Maya farming techniques and important new archaeological research, the authors show that the ancient Maya were able to support, sustainably, a vast population by farming the forest—thus refuting the common notion that Maya civilization devolved due to overpopulation and famine.

Author : Arthur Demarest
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 2004-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521533904

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Ancient Maya comes to life in this new holistic and theoretical study.

Author : Rosemary A. Joyce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317724542

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Examining a wide range of archaeological data, and using it to explore issues such as the sexual body, mind/body dualism, body modification, and magical practices, Lynn Meskell and Rosemary Joyce offer a new approach to the Ancient Egyptian and Mayan understanding of embodiment. Drawing on insights from feminist theory, art history, phenomenology, anthropology and psychoanalysis, the book takes bodily materiality as a crucial starting point to the understanding and formation of self in any society, and sheds new light on Ancient Egyptian and Maya cultures. The book shows how a comparative project can open up new lines of inquiry by raising questions about accepted assumptions as the authors draw attention to the long-term histories and specificities of embodiment, and make the case for the importance of ancient materials for contemporary theorization of the body. For students new to the subject, and scholars already familiar with it, this will offer fresh and exciting insights into these ancient cultures.

Author : Robert J. Sharer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804748179

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The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded sixth edition of this standard work on the Maya people. New field discoveries, new technical advances, new successes in the decipherment of Maya writing, and new theoretical perspectives on the Maya past have made this new edition necessary.

Author : Vera Tiesler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0387488715

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This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area studied: archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists. This interdisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive perspective on these sites as well as the material culture and biological evidence found there

Author : Heather McKillop
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 21,83 MB
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : History
ISBN :

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