Overview
Substance of the Ancient Maya: Kingdoms and Communities, Objects and Beings collects twelve essays by top scholars, highlighting what is new in research pertaining to the ancient Maya. Subjects range from updated political histories of major kingdoms in the southern Maya Lowlands to explorations of the nature of Maya writing and materiality. These essays were inspired by the scholarship of Stephen Houston and celebrate his transdisciplinary commitment to research in anthropological archaeology, epigraphy, and art history. Collectively, these contributions show how the objects and beings that composed the Classic Maya world were both literal and sacred substances that mediated relations not only among living people but with gods and ancestors. A final chapter by Stephen Houston reflects on unfinished projects of the ancient Maya as a metaphor for all of the work yet to be done to move forward in our studies of the past.
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Author: Andrew K. Scherer , Thomas G. Garrison
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 9780826366566
ISBN 10: 0826366562
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 30 November 2024
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Format: Hardback
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Table of Contents
Chapter One. Introduction: Substance of the Ancient Maya Andrew K. Scherer and Thomas G. Garrison Part I. Kingdoms and Communities Chapter Two. Classic Maya Royal Courts, Gender, Personhood, and Moral Authority Patricia A. McAnany Chapter Three. Revisiting the Moral Community: Holy Lords, Patron Deities, Origins, and Collapse at Piedras Negras and Beyond Charles Golden and Takeshi Inomata Chapter Four. Negotiating Ancient Maya Identity: Ethnicity, Community, and the Fostering of Loyalty in Classic Period Kingdoms Thomas G. Garrison and Edwin Román Chapter Five. Maya Populations, Proxies, and Puzzles David Webster Chapter Six. The Long Twilight of the Tikal Dynasty: What Ninth Century Tikal, Zacpeten, Ixlu, and Jimbal Tell Us About the Classic Maya Collapse Simon Martin Chapter Seven. Revisiting the Architectural Settings of Bonampak: A World on Fire Mary Miller Part II. Objects and Beings Chapter Eight. Proper Names and the Origins of Writing David Stuart Chapter Nine. The Olmec Double Merlon Motif: A Middle Formative Sign for Green Karl A. Taube Chapter Ten. Setting the Story in Motion: Dedicatory Texts on 4th–6th Century Maya Vases Claudia Brittenham Chapter Eleven. Supporting Roles: Wood and Helper Figures in Ancient Maya Art James Doyle Chapter Twelve. The Death Within: Maya Perspectives on Bone, Material, and Being Andrew K. Scherer Chapter Thirteen. Animal Sacrifice in Mesoamerica: Imitation, Incorporation, and Intimacy Sarah E. Newman and Franco D. Rossi Part III. End Matters Chapter Fourteen. Unfinished Business Stephen Houston
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"""An excellent contribution to the field of Maya studies.""--William L. Fash, author of Scribes, Warriors, and Kings: The City of Cop�n and the Ancient Maya"
Author Information
Andrew K. Scherer is the director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and an associate professor of anthropology and archaeology at Brown University. Thomas G. Garrison is an assistant professor of geography and the environment and the director of the Lidar and Landscapes of the Ancient Mediterranean and Americas (LLAMA Lab at the University of Texas at Austin.
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