Ancient Maya Women

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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The flood of archaeological work in Maya lands has 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2001-12-17
Mått148 x 228 x 20 mm
Vikt485 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGender and Archaeology
Antal sidor320
FörlagAltaMira Press
ISBN9780759100107

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. Women and Gender in the Ancient Maya WorldChapter 3 2. Gender and Mayan Farming: Chan Noohol, BelizeChapter 4 3. Gender Divisions of Labor and Lowland Terrace AgricultureChapter 5 4. Spindle Whorls: Household Specialization at CerenChapter 6 5. Death Became Her: Imagery of Female Power from Yaxuna BurialsChapter 7 6. Engendering a Dynasty: A Royal Woman in the Margarita Tomb, CopanChapter 8 7. Lady K'awil, Goddess O, and Maya WarfareChapter 9 8. Women in Classic Maya Hieroglyphic TextsChapter 10 9. Women in the Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Chichen ItzaChapter 11 10. Women-Men (and Men-Women): Classic Maya Rulers and the Third GenderChapter 12 11. Representations of Women in Postclassic and Colonial Maya Literature and ArtChapter 13 12. Encountering Maya WomenChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Authors