Arthur Demarest (Tennessee Vanderbilt University)

Ancient Maya

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ancient Maya comes to life in this new holistic and theoretical study of the rise, florescence and decline of the cities of this most sophisticated civilization. Drawing on new, unpublished data, Arthur Demarest draws lessons for contemporary society and the modern Maya peoples struggling to re-emerge.

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Produktdetails

• Case Studies in Early Societies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780521533904
• ISBN-10: 0521533902
• Artikelnr.: 21750248

Autorenporträt

Dr Demarest is the Ingram Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. For more than twenty-five years he has directed archaeological field excavations at ancient sites in the highlands, coasts and rain forests of Central America and is considered a leading authority on early Olmec, particularly Mayan civilization.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The mystery and the challenge of the Ancient Maya
2. Background: geography, chronology, and theoretical perspective
3. The exploration and archaeology of the Maya: a brief history
4. Obscure beginnings and the preclassic florescence
5. The splinter of classic Maya florescence in the lowlands
6. Settlement and subsistence: the rain forest adaptation
7. Classic Maya economics
8. Religion and ideology: beliefs and ritual of the theater state
9. Classic Maya politics and history: the dynamics of the theater state
10. The end of classic Maya civilization: collapse, transition, and transformation
11. The legacy of the classic Maya civilization: postclassic, colonial, and modern traditions
12. The lessons of Maya history and prehistory.