Houses in a Landscape - Memory and Everyday Life in Mesoamerica

Informationen zum Autor Julia A. Hendon Klappentext Archaeological study of three ancient Mayan societies (in present day Honduras) that focuses on how domestic spaces and everyday practices become important sites for producing social memory. Zusammenfassung An examination of the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations ix Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Thinking About Memory 1 1. Communities of Practice in Honduras in the Seventh Century through the Eleventh 33 2. The Enchantment and Humility of Objects 63 3. The Semiotic House: Everyday Life and Domestic Space 91 4. Embodied Forms of Knowing 123 5. Relational Identities and Material Domains 149 6. Special Events at Home 181 7. Ballcourts and Houses: Shared Patterns of Monumentality and Domesticity 203 Conclusion: Communities of Memory and Local Histories 227 Notes 239 Bibliography 243 Index 283

Product details

• Authors: Julia Hendon, Julia A Hendon, Julia A. Hendon
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2010
• EAN: 9780822346937
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4693-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Material Worlds; Material Worlds
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous