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Author : Eleanor M. King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (856 download)
Download or read book Craft Specialization, Complexity, and the Maya written by Eleanor M. King and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zachary X. Hruby
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rethinking Craft Specialization in Complex Societies written by Zachary X. Hruby and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this volume are introduced via a critical review of terms and concepts used in craft production studies today. Recent detailed contextual and technological analyses of artifacts from all aspects of complex societies have revealed interesting patterns that are difficult to conceptualize using a purely economic framework. Furthermore, interest in practice theory, and sociocultural theory in general, has shifted some foci of archaeological investigation toward the social aspects of production and specialization.
Author : Kazuo Aoyama
Publisher : Center for Comparative Arch
ISBN 13 : 9781877812545
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Ancient Maya State, Urbanism, Exchange, and Craft Specialization written by Kazuo Aoyama and published by Center for Comparative Arch. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhaustive analysis of political and economic change right through the sequence of Maya civilization, based on the direct evidence of chipped stone assemblages from a wide variety of contexts in two regions. The acquisition of raw materials, the production of tools, and the use of tools are all fully considered for what they can tell us about long-distance political and economic relations and local economic organization. An unexpected bonus of the study was information on the use of chipped stone in warfare. The full dataset is provided electronically. Complete text in English and Spanish.
Author : Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521321181
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Specialization, Exchange and Complex Societies written by Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-22 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a comparative study of specialised production in prehistoric societies, examines approaches to specialization and exchange.
Author : Eleanor Mather King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Theorganization of Late Classic Lithic Production at the Prehistoric Maya Site of Colha, Belize written by Eleanor Mather King and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dean E. Arnold
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607323141
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Ceramic Production Organization in a Maya Community written by Dean E. Arnold and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Evolution of Ceramic Production Organization in a Maya Community, Dean E. Arnold continues his unique approach to ceramic ethnoarchaeology, tracing the history of potters in Ticul, Yucatán, and their production space over a period of more than four decades. This follow-up to his 2008 work Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution uses narrative to trace the changes in production personnel and their spatial organization through the changes in production organization in Ticul. Although several kinds of production units developed, households were the most persistent units of production in spite of massive social change and the reorientation of pottery production to the tourist market. Entrepreneurial workshops, government-sponsored workshops, and workshops attached to tourist hotels developed more recently but were short-lived, whereas pottery-making households extended deep into the nineteenth century. Through this continuity and change, intermittent crafting, multi-crafting, and potters' increased management of economic risk also factored into the development of the production organization in Ticul. Illustrated with more than 100 images of production units, The Evolution of Ceramic Production Organization in a Maya Community is an important contribution to the understanding of ceramic production. Scholars with interests in craft specialization, craft production, and demography, as well as specialists in Mesoamerican archaeology, anthropology, history, and economy, will find this volume especially useful.
Author : Robert J. Sharer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804748179
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition written by Robert J. Sharer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded sixth edition of this standard work on the Maya people. New field discoveries, new technical advances, new successes in the decipherment of Maya writing, and new theoretical perspectives on the Maya past have made this new edition necessary.
Author : Antonia E. Foias
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 081304832X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Ancient Maya Political Dynamics written by Antonia E. Foias and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foias argues that there is no single Maya political history, but multiple histories, no single Maya state, but multiple polities that need to be understood at the level of the lived experience of individuals. She explores the ways in which the dynamics of political power shaped the lives and landscape of the Maya and how this information can be used to look at other complex societies.
Author : Scott R. Hutson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351029568
Total Pages : 983 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Maya World written by Scott R. Hutson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maya World brings together over 60 authors, representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting-edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world. The Maya world, which covers Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, contains over a hundred ancient sites that are open to tourism, eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and many thousands more that have been dug or await investigation. In addition to captivating the lay public, the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects going back to the 19th century, making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. The Maya World explores their renowned writing system, towering stone pyramids, exquisitely painted murals, and elaborate funerary tombs as well as their creative agricultural strategies, complex social, economic, and political relationships, widespread interactions with other societies, and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical ruptures. This is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists.
Author : Linda R. Manzanilla
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315520958
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Storage in Ancient Complex Societies written by Linda R. Manzanilla and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to accumulate and store large amounts of goods is a key feature of complex societies in ancient times. Storage strategies reflect the broader economic and political organization of a society and changes in the development of control mechanisms in both administrative and non-administrative—often kinship based—sectors. This is the first volume to examine storage practices in ancient complex societies from a comparative perspective. This volume includes 14 original papers by leading archaeologists from four continents which compare storage systems in three key regions with lengthy traditions of complexity: the ancient Near East, Mesoamerica, and Andes. Storage in Ancient Complex Societies demonstrates the importance of understanding storage for the study of cultural evolution.
Author : M. Kathryn Brown
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813072131
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Pathways to Complexity written by M. Kathryn Brown and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pathways to Complexity synthesizes a wealth of new archaeological data to illuminate the origins of Maya civilization and the rise of Classic Maya culture. In this volume, prominent Maya scholars argue that the development of social, religious, and economic complexity began during the Middle Preclassic period (1000–300 B.C.), hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. Contributors reveal that villages were present in parts of the lowlands by 1000 B.C., challenging the prevailing models estimating when civilization took root in the area. Combining recent discoveries from the northern lowlands—an area often neglected in other volumes—and the southern lowlands, the collection then traces the emergence of sociopolitical inequality and complexity in all parts of the Yucatan peninsula over the course of the Middle Preclassic period. They show that communities evolved in different ways due to influences such as geographical location, ceramic exchange, shell ornament production, agricultural strategy, religious ritual, ideology, and social rankings. These varied pathways to complexity developed over half a millennium and culminated in the institution of kingship by the Late Preclassic period. Presenting exciting work on a dynamic and poorly understood time period, Pathways to Complexity demonstrates the importance of a broad, comparative approach to understanding Preclassic Maya civilization and will serve as a foundation for future research and interpretation. Contributors: M. Kathryn Brown | Dr. George Bey III | Tara Bond-Freeman | Fernando Robles Castellanos | Tomas Gallareta Negron | E. Wyllys Andrews V | Anthony Andrews | David S. Anderson | Lauren Sullivan | Jaime J. Awe | James F. Garber | Mary Jane Acuña | William Saturno | Bobbi Hohmann | Terry Powis | Paul Healy | Richard Hansen | Donald W. Forsyth | David Freidel | Barbara Arroyo | Richard E. W. Adams A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
Author : Jennifer C. Ross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315305623
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Ancient Complex Societies written by Jennifer C. Ross and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a detailed examination of the archaeological evidence and written records, this comprehensive text aims to develop a common understanding of what complexity means to archaeologists, and the methods by which they identify and analyze it. In this first new undergraduate textbook on ancient complex societies in two decades, the authors use vivid writing, textboxes on key themes and sites, and a glossary to keep students thoroughly engaged.
Author : Samuel V. Connell
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN 13 : 1938770803
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity written by Samuel V. Connell and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settlement archaeology in the Maya area has focused much of its attention on the polar extremes of the settlement continuum. As a result of this urban/rural bias, a whole range of complex rural settlements remain under-explored. The chapters in this volume highlight the variable quality of these "middle level settlements".
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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113597540X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Economic Representations written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zachary X. Hruby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317544161
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book The Technology of Maya Civilization written by Zachary X. Hruby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape and were central to warfare and hunting, craft activities, cooking, and ritual performance. 'The Technology of Maya Civilization' examines Maya lithic artefacts made of chert, obsidian, silicified limestone, and jade to explore the relationship between ancient civilizations and natural resources. The volume presents case studies of archaeological sites in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The analysis draws on innovative anthropological theory to argue that stone artefacts were not merely cultural products but tools that reproduced, modified, and created the fabric of society.
Author : Walter E. Little
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759120633
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)
Download or read book Textile Economies written by Walter E. Little and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textiles have been a highly valued and central part of the politics of human societies across culture divides and over millennia. The economy of textiles provides insight into the fabric of social relations, local and global politics, and diverse ideologies. Textiles are a material element of society that fosters the study of continuities and disjunctions in the economic and social realities of past and present societies. From stick-loom weaving to transnational factories, the production of cloth and its transformation into clothing and other woven goods offers a way to study the linkages between economics and politics. The volume is oriented around a number of themes: textile production, textiles as trade goods, textiles as symbols, textiles in tourism, and textiles in the transnational processes. Textile Economies appeals to a broad range of scholars interested in the intersection of material culture, political economy, and globalization, such as archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, economists, museum curators, and historians.
Author : Payson D. Sheets
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292749619
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Before the Volcano Erupted written by Payson D. Sheets and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On an August evening around AD 600, residents of the Cerén village in the Zapotitán Valley of what is now El Salvador were sitting down to their nightly meal when ground tremors and loud steam emissions warned of an impending volcanic eruption. The villagers fled, leaving their town to be buried under five meters of volcanic ash and forgotten until a bulldozer uncovered evidence of the extraordinarily preserved town in 1976. The most intact Precolumbian village in Latin America, Cerén has been called the "Pompeii of the New World." This book presents complete and detailed reports of the excavations carried out at Cerén since 1978 by a multidisciplinary team of archaeologists, ethnographers, volcanologists, geophysicists, botanists, conservators, and others. The book is divided into sections that discuss the physical environment and resources, household structures and economy, special buildings and their uses, artifact analysis, and topical and theoretical issues. As the authors present and analyze Cerén's houses and their goods, workshops, civic and religious buildings, kitchen gardens, planted fields, and garbage dumps, a new and much clearer picture of how commoners lived during the Maya Classic Period emerges. These findings constitute landmark contributions to the anthropology and archaeology of Central America.
