This volume explores the many stories of ancient Maya people and the relevance of those stories today.
Using the most up to date information from a variety of disciplines, Ardren uses stories of individual Maya people, to create a narrative that takes the reader from rural homestead to agricultural field and forest, and on to the marketplace, palace, and trading port of a royal Maya city.
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This volume explores the many stories of ancient Maya people and the relevance of those stories today.
Using the most up to date information from a variety of disciplines, Ardren uses stories of individual Maya people, to create a narrative that takes the reader from rural homestead to agricultural field and forest, and on to the marketplace, palace, and trading port of a royal Maya city.
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Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World introduces readers to a range of people who lived during the Classic period (200–800 CE) of Maya civilization. Traci Ardren here reconstructs the individual experiences of Maya people across all social arenas and experiences, including less-studied populations, such as elders, children, and non-gender binary people. Putting people, rather than objects, at the heart of her narrative, she examines the daily activities of a small rural household of farmers and artists, hunting and bee-keeping rituals, and the bustling activities of the urban marketplace. Ardren bases her study on up-to-date and diverse sources and approaches, including archaeology, art history, epigraphy, and ethnography. Her volume reveals the stories of ancient Maya people and also shows the relevance of those stories today. Written in an engaging style, Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World offers readers at all levels a view into the amazing accomplishments of a culture that continues to fascinate.
About the Author
Traci Ardren is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Miami. Her research has been supported by the National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation. She is the author of Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands: Gender, Age, Memory, and Place (University of Texas Press, 2015), editor of Her Cup for Sweet Cacao: Food in Ancient Maya Society (University of Texas Press, 2020), and co-editor of The Maya World (Routledge, 2020).
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