Death and the Classic Maya Kings (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Death and the Classic Maya Kings Focusing on the Classic Period (AD 250-900), this work examines and compares the textual and archaeological evidence for rites of death and burial in the Maya lowlands. It reconstructs royal mortuary rites and helps to understand the key Maya concepts including the afterlife and ancestor veneration.
Full description- Publisher: University of Texas Press
- Published: 03 March 2009
- Format: Hardback 294 pages
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- Categories: Sociology: Customs & Traditions | History Of The Americas | Social & Cultural History | Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780292718906 ISBN 10: 029271890X
- Sales rank: 1,058,304
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Full description for Death and the Classic Maya Kings
Like their regal counterparts in societies around the globe, ancient Maya rulers departed this world with elaborate burial ceremonies and lavish grave goods, which often included ceramics, red pigments, earflares, stingray spines, jades, pearls, obsidian blades, and mosaics. Archaeological investigation of these burials, as well as the decipherment of inscriptions that record Maya rulers' funerary rites, have opened a fascinating window on how the ancient Maya envisaged the ruler's passage from the world of the living to the realm of the ancestors. Focusing on the Classic Period (AD 250-900), James Fitzsimmons examines and compares textual and archaeological evidence for rites of death and burial in the Maya lowlands, from which he creates models of royal Maya funerary behaviour.Exploring ancient Maya attitudes toward death expressed at well-known sites such as Tikal, Guatemala, and Copan, Honduras, as well as less-explored archaeological locations, Fitzsimmons reconstructs royal mortuary rites and expands our understanding of key Maya concepts including the afterlife and ancestor veneration.
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