Heritage or Heresy - Archaeology and Culture on the Maya Riviera

Informationen zum Autor Cameron Jean Walker is Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton. She is Vice President for Societies for the Archaeological Institute of America. Klappentext Through an analysis of seven archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula that are open to heritage touring, the author reveals the planned growth of the Maya Riviera since the early 1970s and examines the impact of international tourism on both ancient structures and the contemporary Maya people and culture. Zusammenfassung Through an analysis of seven archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula that are open to heritage touring! the author reveals the planned growth of the Maya Riviera since the early 1970s and examines the impact of international tourism on both ancient structures and the contemporary Maya people and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Cameron Jean Walker, Cameron Jean/ Curet Walker
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780817355142
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5514-2
• No. of pages: 121
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches