Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes: Insights from Archaeology, History, and Ethnography (Archaeologies of Landscapes in the Americas Series) - Hardcover

Palka, Joel W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826354742 ISBN 13: 9780826354747

Verlag: University of New Mexico Press, 2014

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Reseña del editor:

Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world. These journeys involve important social and practical concerns, such as the maintenance of food sources and world order. Frequent pilgrimages to ceremonial hills to pay offerings to spiritual forces for good harvests, for instance, are just as necessary for farming as planting fields. Why has Maya pilgrimage to ritual landscapes prevailed from the distant past and why are journeys to ritual landscapes important in Maya religion? How can archaeologists recognize Maya pilgrimage, and how does it compare to similar behaviour at ritual landscapes around the world? The author addresses these questions and others through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights.

Biografía del autor:

Joel W. Palka is an associate professor of anthropology and Latin American and Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of Unconquered Lacandon Maya: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Indigenous Culture Change.

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• Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0826354742
• ISBN 13: 9780826354747
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 392