Everyday life in the classic Maya world
| 1. Verfasser: |
Ardren, Traci
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 173 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781107040670 1107040671 9781107682917 1107682916 |
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| Parallelausgabe: |
Ardren, Traci., Everyday life in the classic Maya world (Online version:) | ISSN: 9781139629232 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- Nature of the data
- Environmental factors
- Chronology, political systems, and modern Maya people
- Cosmology
- How this book is organized
- The domestic world
- The morning meal
- Craft activities
- The evening and leisure
- Fields and forests
- People of maize (and other foods too)
- Agriculture
- The forest
- Caves and cave ritual
- Into the city
- An urban landscape
- Literacy
- Ball games and royal responsibility
- Palace life
- Spiritual mediation
- Diplomacy
- Courtly arts
- To the coast
- Traveling to the sea
- Coastal activities
- Traders and their goods
- Conclusion
- After the Classic Period
- Modern Maya perspectives on their Classic heritage.
