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Exploring Maya Ritual Caves

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Author : Stanislav Chládek
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2011

Exploring Maya Ritual Caves written by Stanislav Chládek and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.

Exploring Maya Ritual Caves offers a rare survey and explication of most of the known ancient Maya ritual caves in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. The caves were the Maya underworld, where rituals, including animal and human sacrifice, were carried out. The Maya cave cult and mythology, construction and modification of the caves, and cult art and artifacts are discussed. Chládek, an intrepid explorer, then describes important caves that he has recently visited and provides photos of their wonders.

Exploring Maya Ritual Fauna

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Author : Elyse M. Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Exploring Maya Ritual Fauna written by Elyse M. Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Caves categories.

ABSTRACT: The ritual use of caves and associated landscape features has garnered increased archaeological attention. The thorough examination of cave faunal assemblages, however, is still relatively rare. These deposits are often deemed "problematical" due to the difficulty in interpreting the presence of animal skeletal remains in cave contexts. New ethnozoological research by Linda Brown and Kitty Emery (2008) suggests that the key to understanding these cave deposits can be found in contemporary hunting ritual practices. Linda Brown (2005, 2006) has documented the practice of hunting ceremonialism among modern Maya hunters in the Guatemalan highlands. These practices involve the ritual caching of animal skeletal remains at sacred landscape features such as caves, rock shelters, and rock outcrops. Using the material signature of hunting ceremonialism developed by Brown and Emery (2008), this study tests the connection between archaeological caves deposits and hunting ceremonialism. This analysis examines in detail the zooarchaeological, spatial, and material characteristics of faunal assemblages from nine cave sites: Cueva de los Quetzales, Cueva de Rio Murcielagos, Aguateca Grieta, Naj Tunich, Eduardo Quiroz, Actun Balam, Actun Polbilche, Stela Cave, and Caves Branch Rockshelter. As part of a larger discussion, this study also analyzes the validity of previous studies that have attempted to identify pan-Maya ritual practices involving the deposition of faunal remains in cave contexts. This study challenges the idea of pan-Maya ritual practices and calls for a more in-depth, site-specific analysis of Maya ritual practices.

Exploring Highland Maya Ritual Cave Use

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Author : James Edward Brady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Exploring Highland Maya Ritual Cave Use written by James Edward Brady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Caves categories.

Interdisciplinary Approaches To The Ancient Maya Underworld

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Author : Shawn Gregory Morton
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2018

Interdisciplinary Approaches To The Ancient Maya Underworld written by Shawn Gregory Morton and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Belize categories.

Asintegrated and varied ritual contexts, how do changing patterns ofpre-Columbian cave use inform the complex of historical, social, political,economic and related ideological processes in action during the inception,florescence, and collapse of Tipan Chen Uitz and other ancient Maya centres inCentral Belize? This book aims to highlight and, within a specific regionalcontext, to address, the tendency of the speleoarchaeology of the Maya area toisolate itself from broader topics of discourse. To this end, it explicitlycontextualizes primary research in several caves along a chain of relatedconcepts and datasets, extending from the broad body of literature on ritualand religion, through discussion of the conceptual cave context drawn fromepigraphic and iconographic sources, and its invocation as recorded incontemporary (or, at least, relatively recent) ethnographic contexts andearlier post-Columbian indigenous historic sources, to the well-travelled pathsof the archaeological study of caves.

The Ch Ol Maya Of Chiapas

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Author : Robert M. Laughlin
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2015-04-08

The Ch Ol Maya Of Chiapas written by Robert M. Laughlin and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-08 with History categories.

The Ch’ol Maya who live in the western Mexican state of Chiapas are direct descendants of the Maya of the Classic period. Exploring their history and culture, volume editor Karen Bassie-Sweet and the other authors assembled here uncover clear continuity between contemporary Maya rituals and beliefs and their ancient counterparts. With evocative and thoughtful essays by leading scholars of Maya culture, The Ch’ol Maya of Chiapas, the first collection to focus fully on the Ch’ol Maya, takes readers deep into ancient caves and reveals new dimensions of Ch’ol cosmology. In contemporary Ch’ol culture the contributors find a wealth of historical material that they then interweave with archaeological data to yield surprising and illuminating insights. The colonial and twentieth-century descendants of the Postclassic period Ch’ol and Lacandon Ch’ol, for instance, provide a window on the history and conquest of the early Maya. Several authors examine Early Classic paintings in the Ch’ol ritual cave known as Jolja that document ancient cave ceremonies not unlike Ch’ol rituals performed today, such as petitioning a cave-dwelling mountain spirit for health, rain, and abundant harvests. Other essays investigate deities identified with caves, mountains, lightning, and meteors to trace the continuity of ancient Maya beliefs through the centuries, in particular the ancient origin of contemporary rituals centering on the Ch’ol mountain deity Don Juan. An appendix containing three Ch’ol folktales and their English translations rounds out the volume. Charting paths literal and figurative to earlier trade routes, pre-Columbian sites, and ancient rituals and beliefs, The Ch’ol Maya of Chiapas opens a fresh, richly informed perspective on Maya culture as it has evolved and endured over the ages.

Stone Houses And Earth Lords

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Author : Keith M. Prufer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-11-25

Stone Houses And Earth Lords written by Keith M. Prufer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-25 with Architecture categories.

Stone Houses and Earth Lords is the first volume dedicated exclusively to the use of caves in the Maya Lowlands, covering primarily Classic Period archaeology from A.D. 100 through the Spaniards' arrival. Although the caves that riddled the lowlands show no signs of habitation, most contain evidence of human use - evidence that suggests that they functioned as ritual spaces.

Ancient Maya Ritual Cave Use In The Sibun Valley Belize

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Author : Polly Ann Peterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Ancient Maya Ritual Cave Use In The Sibun Valley Belize written by Polly Ann Peterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Caves categories.

Exploring Maya Caves Of Belize

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language : en
Publisher:
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Exploring Maya Caves Of Belize written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

The Archaeological Institute of America presents details about the archeological excavations being done in Belize in regards to the use of caves by prehistoric Mayans. The institute includes firsthand experiences, debriefings, field notes, journals, and more.

Food Fire And Fragrance

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Author : Christopher T. Morehart
language : en
Publisher: BAR International Series
Release Date : 2011

Food Fire And Fragrance written by Christopher T. Morehart and has been published by BAR International Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Caves categories.

This study draws on the underexploited resource of archaeobotany to add to our knowledge of Mayan cave ritual.

An Investigation Of Maya Ritual Cave Use With Special Reference To Naj Tunich Pet N Guatemala

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Author : James Edward Brady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

An Investigation Of Maya Ritual Cave Use With Special Reference To Naj Tunich Pet N Guatemala written by James Edward Brady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Caves categories.