The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence

Awards:   Winner of PROSE (Art History/Criticism) 2015
Author:   Stephen Houston
Publisher:   Yale University Press
ISBN:  

9780300196023


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   25 March 2014
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of PROSE (Art History/Criticism) 2015

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Author:   Stephen Houston
Publisher:   Yale University Press
Imprint:   Yale University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.016kg
ISBN:  

9780300196023


ISBN 10:   0300196024
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   25 March 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A major contribution to the study of the ancient Maya and an important intervention in the growing body of scholarship about materiality. -Claudia Brittenham, University of Chicago--Claudia Brittenham


Houston strives for deep understandings of Maya thought that allow us to see large-scale truths often overlooked. His unusual approach to materiality in ancient Maya culture will be pioneering. -Andrea Stone, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Andrea Stone A major contribution to the study of the ancient Maya and an important intervention in the growing body of scholarship about materiality. -Claudia Brittenham, University of Chicago -- Claudia Brittenham


Winner of the 2014 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in the Art History & Criticism category. -- PROSE * American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence * A major contribution to the study of the ancient Maya and an important intervention in the growing body of scholarship about materiality. -Claudia Brittenham, University of Chicago -- Claudia Brittenham Houston strives for deep understandings of Maya thought that allow us to see large-scale truths often overlooked. His unusual approach to materiality in ancient Maya culture will be pioneering. -Andrea Stone, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Andrea Stone


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Stephen Houston is Dupee Family Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at Brown University. He was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2008.

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