Classic Maya

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Houston is the Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. The author of numerous books and articles, he is also an archaeologist who has excavated and mapped Classic Maya cities for more than 25 years. A MacArthur Fellow, Houston is also the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. Takeshi Inomata is Professor in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He has conducted archaeological investigation at the Maya Center of Aguateca and at Ceibal in Guatemala. His numerous publications examine Maya political organization, warfare, architecture, households, and social change. Klappentext This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya.In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world. This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Setting: 1. Introduction; 2. Sociality; 3. Beginnings; 4. The Classic period; Part II. Social Actors: 5. Kings and queens, courts and palaces; 6. Nobles; 7. Gods, supernaturals, and ancestors; 8. Farmers; 9. Craftspeople and traders; 10. End of an era; Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen D. Houston, Stephen D. (Brown University Houston, Stephen D. Inomata Houston, Takeshi Inomata, Takeshi (University of Arizona) Inomata
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521660068
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66006-8
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Cambridge World Archaeology (H; Cambridge World Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)