Overview
The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this ancient Mesoamerican culture, similar to the way in which Margaret Mead introduced anthropology and the people of Borneo to the English-speaking world. Twenty-five contributors offer scholarly writings on subjects ranging from the ritual function of public space at the Olmec site and the gardens of the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan to the understanding of Jupiter in Maya astronomy and the meaning of the water throne of Quirigua Zoomorph P. The workshops on Maya history and writing that Schele conducted in Guatemala and Mexico for the highland people, modern descendants of the Mayan civilization, are thoroughly addressed as is the phenomenon termed """"Maya mania"""" - the explosive growth of interest in Maya epigraphy, iconography, astronomy, and cosmology that Schele stimulated. An appendix provides a bibliography of Schele's publications and a collection of Scheleana, written memories of """"the Rabbit Woman"""" by some of her colleagues and students. Of interest to professionals as well as generalists, this collection will stand as a marker of the state of Mayan studies at the turn of the 21st century and as a tribute to the remarkable personality who guided a large part of that archaeological research for more than two decades.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrea Stone
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
Imprint: The University of Alabama Press
Edition: First Edition, First ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9780817311384
ISBN 10: 0817311386
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 25 July 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"Schele was a true trailblazer of Maya studies, and this collection of essays and remembrances is a fitting tribute. The essays show us what she helped to create; the remembrances show us how she did it. - Richard Diehl Alabama Museum of Natural History """"This book is a wonderful tribute to Linda and her influence on Precolumbian studies."""" - James Garber Southwest Texas State University"
Schele was a true trailblazer of Maya studies, and this collection of essays and remembrances is a fitting tribute. The essays show us what she helped to create; the remembrances show us how she did it. - Richard Diehl Alabama Museum of Natural History This book is a wonderful tribute to Linda and her influence on Precolumbian studies. - James Garber Southwest Texas State University
Author Information
Andrea Stone is Professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of Images from the Underworld: Naj Tunich and the Tradition of Maya Cave Painting.
