An Osteology Of Some Maya Mammals

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An Osteology Of Some Maya Mammals

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Author : Stanley John Olsen
language : en
Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department
Release Date : 1982

An Osteology Of Some Maya Mammals written by Stanley John Olsen and has been published by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Nature categories.

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)

Mammalian Osteology

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Author : B. Miles Gilbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Mammalian Osteology written by B. Miles Gilbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Animal remains (Archaeology) categories.

Osteology For The Archaeologist

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Author : Stanley J. Olsen
language : en
Publisher: Peabody Museum Press
Release Date : 1979

Osteology For The Archaeologist written by Stanley J. Olsen and has been published by Peabody Museum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Nature categories.

This comparative analysis aids the fieldworker in identifying fossil proboscidean bones from early man sites. It also describes the skulls, mandibles, and posteranial skeletons of forty families of birds frequently found in archaeological excavations in the United States.

Bones Of The Maya

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Author : Stephen L. Whittington
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2006-08-20

Bones Of The Maya written by Stephen L. Whittington and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-20 with History categories.

Includes an indexed bibliography of the first 150 years of Maya osteology. This volume pulls together a spectrum of bioarchaeologists that reveal remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demography, and diseases.

The Ancient Maya

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Author : Heather McKillop
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-08-19

The Ancient Maya written by Heather McKillop and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-19 with History categories.

Thanks to powerful innovations in archaeology and other types of historical research, we now have a picture of everyday life in the Mayan empire that turns the long-accepted conventional wisdom on its head. Ranging from the end of the Ice Age to the flourishing of Mayan culture in the first millennium to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, The Ancient Maya takes a fresh look at a culture that has long held the public's imagination. Originally thought to be peaceful and spiritual, the Mayans are now also known to have been worldly, bureaucratic, and violent. Debates and unanswered questions linger. Mayan expert Heather McKillop shows our current understanding of the Maya, explaining how interpretations of "dirt archaeology," hieroglyphic inscriptions, and pictorial pottery are used to reconstruct the lives of royalty, artisans, priests, and common folk. She also describes the innovative focus on the interplay of the people with their environments that has helped further unravel the mystery of the Mayans' rise and fall.

The Archaeology Of Mesoamerican Animals

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Author : Kitty F. Emery
language : en
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Release Date : 2013-11-15

The Archaeology Of Mesoamerican Animals written by Kitty F. Emery and has been published by Lockwood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-15 with Science categories.

Recognition of the role of animals in ancient diet, economy, politics, and ritual is vital to understanding ancient cultures fully, while following the clues available from animal remains in reconstructing environments is vital to understanding the ancient relationship between humans and the world around them. In response to the growing interest in the field of zooarchaeology, this volume presents current research from across the many cultures and regions of Mesoamerica, dealing specifically with the most current issues in zooarchaeological literature. Geographically, the essays collected here index the different aspects of animal use by the indigenous populations of the entire area between the northern borders of Mexico and the southern borders of lower Central America. This includes such diverse cultures as the north Mexican hunter-gatherers, the Olmec, Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Central American Indians. The time frame of the volume extends from the earliest human occupation, the Preclassic, Classic, Postclassic, and Colonial manifestations, to recent times. The book's chapters, written by experts in the field of Mesoamerican zooarchaeology, provide important general background on the domestic and ritual use of animals in early and classic Mesoamerica and Central America, but deal also with special aspects of human-animal relationships such as early domestication and symbolism of animals, and important yet otherwise poorly represented aspects of taphonomy and zooarchaeological methodology. Spanish-language version also available (ISBN 978-1-937040-12-3).

Wildlife Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Wildlife Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Wildlife conservation categories.

In The Realm Of Nachan Kan

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Author : Marilyn A. Masson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2015-04-01

In The Realm Of Nachan Kan written by Marilyn A. Masson and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with History categories.

The prevailing view of the lowland Maya during the Postclassic period (A.D. 1050-1500) has been one of an impoverished, "degenerated" society devoid of cultural accomplishment. However, Marilyn A. Masson offers a fresh interpretation of this society as one that represented a complex, sophisticated, extensive organization of semiautonomous units that were closely integrated, yet embraced a decentralized political economy. In the Realm of Nachan Kan opens a window on Postclassic Maya patterns of cultural development and organization through a close examination of the small rural island of Laguna de On, a location that was distant from the governing political centers of the day. Using diachronic analysis of regional settlement patterns, ceramic traditions, household and ritual features, and artifacts from the site, Masson tracks developmental changes throughout the Postclassic period. These data suggest that affluent patterns of economic production and local and long-distance exchange were established within northern Belize by the eleventh century, and continued to develop, virtually uninterrupted, until the time of Spanish arrival. In addition, Masson analyzes contemporary political and religious artistic traditions at the temples of Mayapan, Tulum, and Santa Rita to provide a regional context for the changes in community patterns at Laguna de On. These cultural changes, she maintains, are closely correlated with the rise of Mayapan to power and participation of sites like Laguna de On in a pan-lowland economic and ritual interaction sphere. Offering a thoroughly new interpretation of Postclassic Mayan civilization. In the Realm of Nachan Kan is a must for scholars of Mesoamerican history and culture.

Maya Zooarchaeology

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Author : Kitty F. Emery
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 2004-12-31

Maya Zooarchaeology written by Kitty F. Emery and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-31 with History categories.

A comprehensive work, combining traditional zooarchaeological reports and various state-of-the-art summaries of methods and theoretical perspectives. This combination of detailed discussions of basic zooarchaeological data with reviews of important themes in Maya zooarchaeology emphasizes the central issues that guide our research from basic data collection through final comparative interpretation. The chapters emphasize the newest developments in technical methods, the most recent trends in the analysis of "social zooarchaeology," and the broadening perspectives provided by a new geographic range of investigations. The main focus of the volume remains on fostering cooperation among Mesoamerican zooarchaeologists at the levels of both preliminary analysis and final theoretical reconstruction.

Case Studies In Ancient Maya Human Animal Relations

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Author : Diana Nicole Fridberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Case Studies In Ancient Maya Human Animal Relations written by Diana Nicole Fridberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Electronic dissertations categories.

The ancient Maya of Mesoamerica inhabited a biodiverse landscape filled with animal taxa that provided both physical resources and rich ideological inspiration. To date, faunal studies among the Maya have been more limited than other types of archaeological investigations, leaving much still unknown about how human-animal relations varied across time and space. This study utilizes zooarchaeological, iconographic, ethnohistoric, and ethnographic data to illuminate the use of animals in Late Classic period (600-900 CE) ritual at the sites of La Corona and El Perú-Waka' (henceforth abbreviated as El Perú) in Petén, Guatemala, and to investigate the roles of commensal mammals in ancient economic and belief systems. The discussion is centered on a ritual-economic analysis of human-animal relations as revealed by the presented data. The La Corona sample is derived from a high elite feasting context recovered from a chultun (CR16B-1A). This deposit was located in close association with Structure 13R-10, a building used for elite political legitimization and observation of calendric rituals during the Classic period (250-900 CE). A zooarchaeological analysis of faunal remains reveals that the participants in the feasting event preserved in this deposit consumed opossums in addition to taxa more typically related to high-status consumption. I relate this to the ideological associations of opossums revealed through iconography and ethnography. The second component of the dissertation is a study of El Perú Structure M12-44 (the "Cuartito"), a subterranean chamber that contained abundant and diverse faunal remains and other materials. The structure's association with the nearby civic-ceremonial Structure M13-1 and its unusual architectural form lead to the interpretation that Structure M12-44 was created as a "pseudocave" for ritual access to the Underworld. I hypothesize that the faunal remains were placed in the Cuartito to formally position animals in this liminal space. I next turn to an issue central to interpretation of the La Corona and El Perú deposits: the role of certain commensal mammals--opossums, rodents, and rabbits--in Maya economy and ideology. Through examination of their ethology, documented uses among modern and historic Maya groups, and archaeological evidence, I suggest that these taxa were potentially valuable resources for subsistence and also held symbolic associations that must be considered when their remains are discovered in archaeological contexts. This study has produced detailed analyses of two previously unreported ritual deposits as well as a comprehensive investigation of the commensal mammals that are rarely evaluated for their contributions to Maya life, although they are present throughout the area inhabited by the Maya. In so doing, I provide new data on local expression of human-animal relations of Late Classic ritual activity in the archaeologically understudied region of northwestern Petén and also contribute to the thematic and pan-Maya study of the economic and symbolic exploitation of animals.