Ancient Maya Women
Editorial ALTAMIRA PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial ALTAMIRA PRESS
- ISBN13 9780759100107
- ISBN10 0759100101
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 293
- Año de Edición 2002
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Rústica
Materias
Antropologia.temas GeneralesAncient Maya Women
Editorial ALTAMIRA PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
The flood of archaeological work in Maya lands have revolutionized our understanding of gender in ancient Maya society. The dozen contributors to this volume use a wide range of methodological strategies archaeology, bioarchaeology, iconography, ethnohistory, epigraphy, ethnography to tease out the details of the lives, actions, and identities of women of Mesoamerica. The chapters, most based upon recent fieldwork in Central America, examine the role of women in Maya society, their place in the political hierarchy and lineage structures, the gendered division of labor, and the discrepancy between idealized Mayan womanhood and the daily reality, among other topics. In each case, the complexities and nuances of gender relations is highlighted and the limitations of our knowledge acknowledged. These pieces represent an important advance in the understanding of Maya socioeconomic, political, and cultural life and the archaeology of gender and will be of great interest to scholars and students.
Author Biography: Traci Ardren is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Miami. She codirects the Pakbeh Regional Economy Project centered at the ancient Maya trading city of Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico. Her research has focused on gender, iconography, architecture and other forms of symbolic representation in the archaeological record.