Before Kukulkán
This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. "Before Kukulkán" is anchored in three decades of interdiscip...
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| author | Ardren, Traci Freidel, David A. Cucina, Andrea Tiesler, Vera Stanton, Travis W. |
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| description | This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. "Before Kukulkán" is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of Yaxuná, located at a contentious crossroads of the northern Maya lowlands.
Using bioarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, and culturally sensitive mainstream archaeology, the authors create an in-depth regional understanding while also laying out broader ways of learning about the Maya past. Part 1 examines ancient lifeways among the Maya at Yaxuná, while part 2 explores different meanings of dying and cycling at the settlement and beyond: ancestral practices, royal entombment and desecration, and human sacrifice. The authors close with a discussion of the last years of occupation at Yaxuná and the role of Chichén Itzá in the abandonment of this urban center.
"Before Kukulkán" provides a cohesive synthesis of the evolving roles and collective identities of locals and foreigners at the settlement and their involvement in the region’s trajectory. Theoretically informed and contextualized discussions offer unique glimpses of everyday life and death in the socially fluid Maya city. These findings, in conjunction with other documented series of skeletal remains from this region, provide a nuanced picture of the social and biocultural dynamics that operated successfully for centuries before the arrival of the Itzá. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-269312025-07-30T07:19:09Z Before Kukulkán Ardren, Traci Freidel, David A. Cucina, Andrea Tiesler, Vera Stanton, Travis W. Social Science General thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. "Before Kukulkán" is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of Yaxuná, located at a contentious crossroads of the northern Maya lowlands. Using bioarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, and culturally sensitive mainstream archaeology, the authors create an in-depth regional understanding while also laying out broader ways of learning about the Maya past. Part 1 examines ancient lifeways among the Maya at Yaxuná, while part 2 explores different meanings of dying and cycling at the settlement and beyond: ancestral practices, royal entombment and desecration, and human sacrifice. The authors close with a discussion of the last years of occupation at Yaxuná and the role of Chichén Itzá in the abandonment of this urban center. "Before Kukulkán" provides a cohesive synthesis of the evolving roles and collective identities of locals and foreigners at the settlement and their involvement in the region’s trajectory. Theoretically informed and contextualized discussions offer unique glimpses of everyday life and death in the socially fluid Maya city. These findings, in conjunction with other documented series of skeletal remains from this region, provide a nuanced picture of the social and biocultural dynamics that operated successfully for centuries before the arrival of the Itzá. 2021-02-10T13:07:58Z 2021-02-10T13:07:58Z 2020-12-15T14:03:58Z 2017 book OCN: 1012344216 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43851 9780816541713 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26931 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43851/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43851/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43851/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43851/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43851/1/external_content.pdf University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press fe2167e9-9179-40da-be48-8146f68f8f24 Knowledge Unlatched 9780816541713 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books University of Arizona Press open access |
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