Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná

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Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná

ARDREN, Traci - Personal Name;

This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of ChichÃ©n ItzÃ¡. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. "Before KukulkÃ¡n" is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of YaxunÃ¡, 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 YaxunÃ¡, 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 YaxunÃ¡ and the role of ChichÃ©n ItzÃ¡ in the abandonment of this urban center. "Before KukulkÃ¡n" provides a cohesive synthesis of the evolving roles and collective identities of locals and foreigners at the settlement and their involvement in the regionâ€™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 ItzÃ¡.

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Call Number: 300
Publisher: Arizona : University of Arizona Press., 2017
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Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9780816541713
Classification: 300
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Subject(s): Social Sciences
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Statement of Responsibility: Traci Ardren

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Source: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43851
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