Ancient Maya
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Agriculture
Author_Heather McKillop
Bonampak
Calendars and Counting Systems
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Catherwood
Centralized State or Regional Polities?
Chichen Itza
Classic Period Civilization
Collapse of the Mayans
Droughts and Sea-level Rise
Economy
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Frederick
Hieroglyphs
Ice Age Hunters
Late Pre-classic Period
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- ISBN 9781576076965
- Weight: 964g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 19 Aug 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Thanks to powerful innovations in archaeology and other types of historical research, we now have a picture of everyday life in the Mayan empire that turns the long-accepted conventional wisdom on its head.
Ranging from the end of the Ice Age to the flourishing of Mayan culture in the first millennium to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, The Ancient Maya takes a fresh look at a culture that has long held the public's imagination. Originally thought to be peaceful and spiritual, the Mayans are now also known to have been worldly, bureaucratic, and violent. Debates and unanswered questions linger.
Mayan expert Heather McKillop shows our current understanding of the Maya, explaining how interpretations of "dirt archaeology," hieroglyphic inscriptions, and pictorial pottery are used to reconstruct the lives of royalty, artisans, priests, and common folk. She also describes the innovative focus on the interplay of the people with their environments that has helped further unravel the mystery of the Mayans' rise and fall.
Heather McKillop, PhD, is William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
