{"product_id":"the-maya-world-paperback","title":"The Maya World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott R. Hutson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTraci Ardren\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Maya World\u003c\/em\u003e brings together over 60 authors, representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting-edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Maya world, which covers Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, contains over a hundred ancient sites that are open to tourism, eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and many thousands more that have been dug or await investigation. In addition to captivating the lay public, the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects going back to the 19th century, making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. \u003ci\u003eThe Maya World\u003c\/i\u003e explores their renowned writing system, towering stone pyramids, exquisitely painted murals, and elaborate funerary tombs as well as their creative agricultural strategies, complex social, economic, and political relationships, widespread interactions with other societies, and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical ruptures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott R. Hutson\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at the University of Kentucky, USA. He has written the books \u003cem\u003eThe Ancient Urban Maya\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eDwelling, Identity, and the Maya\u003c\/em\u003e (2010). He also edited \u003cem\u003eAncient Maya Commerce: Multi-disciplinary Research at Chunchucmil\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and co-wrote (with Ian Hodder) the third edition of \u003cem\u003eReading the Past\u003c\/em\u003e (2003). He has been doing fieldwork in the Maya Lowlands, usually focusing on household archaeology, settlement patterns, and ritual practice, since 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraci Ardren is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Miami, USA. She is an anthropological archaeologist interested in issues of identity and other forms of symbolic representation in the archaeological record. Traci is co-director of the Proyecto Sacbe Yaxuna-Coba, at the Classic Maya site of Yaxuna, in Yucatan, Mexico where she investigates the ways ancient road systems allowed for the flow of information and ideas as well as how culinary tourism and modern foodways intersect. As Consulting Curator for Mesoamerican Art, Traci curated a number of exhibits of ancient New World art at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 920\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.82 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47223074849017,"sku":"9781032336169","price":108.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MWI5MjZ1dFpxWXdyUE80VWtzTkVzUT09.webp?v=1768225272","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-maya-world-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}