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| Author | : Rachel Crandell |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2002-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780805066876 |
Photographs and simple text describe what daily life is like for Maya villagers, showing how they prepare meals, weave clothing, make roofs, and create art and music.
| Author | : Ann L. Sittig |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0803285817 |
The Mayans Among Us conveys the unique experiences of Central American indigenous immigrants to the Great Plains, many of whom are political refugees from repressive, war-torn countries. Ann L. Sittig, a Spanish instructor, and Martha Florinda González, a Mayan community leader living in Nebraska, have gathered the oral histories of contemporary Mayan women living in the state and working in meatpacking plants. Sittig and González initiated group dialogues with Mayan women about the psychological, sociological, and economic wounds left by war, poverty, immigration, and residence in a new country. Distinct from Latin America's economic immigrants and often overlooked in media coverage of Latino and Latina migration to the plains, the Mayans share their concerns and hopes as they negotiate their new home, culture, language, and life in Nebraska. Longtime Nebraskans share their perspectives on the immigrants as well. The Mayans Among Us poignantly explores how Mayan women in rural Nebraska meatpacking plants weave together their three distinct identities: Mayan, Central American, and American.
| Author | : Jackie Maloy |
| Publisher | : C. Press/F. Watts Trade |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780531241103 |
Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
| Author | : Ronald Wright |
| Publisher | : Grove Press |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780802137289 |
The Maya created one of the world's most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite collapse in the ninth century, Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America's jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature, Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present. "Wright's unpretentious narrative blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounters." -- The New Yorker; "Time Among the Maya shows Wright to be far more than a mere storyteller or descriptive writer. He is an historical philosopher with a profound understanding of other cultures." -- Jan Morris, The Independent (London).
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| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0684818450 |
One of the most extraordinary works of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life was first made accessible to the public 10 years ago. This new edition retains the quality of the original translation, has been enriched, and includes 20 new illustrations, maps, drawings, and photos.
| Author | : Simon Martin |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 543 |
| Release | : 2020-06-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108483887 |
With new readings of ancient texts, Ancient Maya Politics unlocks the long-enigmatic political system of the Classic Maya.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780888999214 |
Mayan civilization once flourished in what is today Guatemala and the Yucatan. The Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh tells of the creation of the universe, the world of gods and demi-gods and the creation of mankind.
| Author | : Walter R. T. Witschey |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 575 |
| Release | : 2015-12-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0759122865 |
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Maya offers an A-to-Z overview of the ancient Maya culture from its inception around 3000 BC to the Spanish Conquest after AD 1600. Over two hundred entries written by more than sixty researchers explore subjects ranging from food, clothing, and shelter to the sophisticated calendar and now-deciphered Maya writing system. They bring special attention to environmental concerns and climate variation; fresh understandings of shifting power dynamics and dynasties; and the revelations from emerging field techniques (such as LiDAR remote sensing) and newly explored sites (such as La Corona, Tamchen, and Yaxnohkah). This one-volume reference is an essential companion for students studying ancient civilizations, as well as a perfect resource for those planning to visit the Maya area. Cross-referencing, topical and alphabetical lists of entries, and a comprehensive index help readers find relevant details. Suggestions for further reading conclude each entry, while sidebars profile historical figures who have shaped Maya research. Maps highlight terrain, archaeological sites, language distribution, and more; over fifty photographs complement the volume.
| Author | : Lewis Spence |
| Publisher | : New York : AMS Press |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 1908 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Geoff Stray |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 2007-11-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0802716342 |
The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.
