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Informationen zum Autor By James L. Fitzsimmons Klappentext The first comprehensive study of ancient Maya death rites in twenty years. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive study of ancient Maya death rites in twenty years. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Note on OrthographyAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Celebrations for the Dead Anthropology and Death RitualsThe Classic Maya CaseMethodological ConcernsKingship and the AncestorsChapter 2: Death and the Afterlife in the Lowlands EarthMaizeMortalityWriting DeathThe Self and the SoulBreaths of Life and DeathWayTo the AfterlifeCelestial Bodies and Maize GodsChapter 3: Royal Funerals Waiting for IntermentGravemakersTombs as Underworld SurfacesTombs as CavesTombs as HousesTiming and the Ritual ProcessEmbalming and ProcessingDressing and Bundling the CorpsePaintingArranging the Body, Arranging the FurnitureSealing the TombChapter 4: Death and Landscape K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'Lowland Founders and Local VariationsCults of PersonalityBird Jaguar IVGods and Orchards at PalenqueSouls within BuildingsAncestor ShrinesChapter 5: Entering the Tombs of the Classic Maya Kings Patterns of Reentry at Piedras NegrasFire in the Motmot BurialFire and History at ToninaFamily AffairsFalse ReentryPainting, Drilling, and Bone PeelingThe Portable DeadChapter 6: The Dead King and the Body Politic Royal Funerals: Public or Private?Bodies and MonumentsCorpses, Souls, and Mourners in TransitionGuide to AppendixesAppendix 1: Burial Structures and ContextsAppendix 2: Body Preparations and Funerary ActivitiesAppendix 3: Grave GoodsNotesReferencesIndex
