Scott R. Hutson

Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya

Relational Archaeology at Chunchucmil

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new perspective on the ancient Maya that emphasizes the importance of dwelling as a social practice. Using excavations of ancient Chunchucmil as a case study, it investigates how Maya personhood was structured and transformed in and beyond the domestic sphere and examines the role of the past in the production of contemporary Maya identity.

Produktdetails

• Archaeology in Society
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9780759119208
• ISBN-10: 0759119201
• Artikelnr.: 26848220

Autorenporträt

Scott R. Hutson is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kentucky. He has been co-director of the Chunchucmil project since 2004 and is currently directing the Ucí-Cansahcab Sacbe project.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Conceptual Frameworks for Relational
Subjects Chapter 3. Background on Chunchucmil Chapter 4. Personal
Interactions: Gender, Age, Status, and Food Chapter 5. Materiality:
Knowledge, Biography and the Social Life of Things Chapter 6. Moving
Encounters: Circulation, Monumentality and Embodiment Chapter 7. Being and
Mayaness: The Past in the Production of Contemporary Identity Chapter 8.
Conclusion