Maya Worldviews at Conquest

Editor(s): Leslie G. Cecil; Timothy W. Pugh

Year: 2009

Summary

Maya Worldviews at Conquest examines Maya culture and social life just prior to contact and the effect the subsequent Spanish conquest, as well as contact with other Mesoamerican cultures, had on the Maya worldview. Focusing on the Postclassic and Colonial periods, Maya Worldviews at Conquest provides a regional investigation of archaeological and epigraphic evidence of Maya ideology, landscape, historical consciousness, ritual practices, and religious symbolism before and during the Spanish conquest. Through careful investigation, the volume focuses on the impact of conversion, hybridization, resistance, and revitalization on the Mayans' understanding of their world and their place in it.The volume also addresses the issue of anthropologists unconsciously projecting their modern worldviews on the culture under investigation. Thus, the book critically defines and strengthens the use of worldviews in the scholarly literature regardless of the culture studied, making it of value not only to Maya scholars but also to those interested in the anthropologist's projection of worldview on other cultures in general. Contributors include Miguel Astor-Aguilera, Robert S. Carlsen, Leslie G. Cecil, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, John F. Chuchiak IV, Elizabeth Graham, Mark Howell, Susan Milbrath, Joel W. Palka, Carlos Peraza Lope, Shankari Patel, Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice, William M. Ringle, Andrea Stone, and Gabrielle Vail. The cover page, title page, table of contents, and introduction (by Leslie G. Cecil) are available for download here. The book in its entirety (426 pages) is available from University Press of Colorado.

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Maya Worldviews at Conquest. Leslie G. Cecil, Timothy W. Pugh. Boulder, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. 2009 ( tDAR id: 374935) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8M61JGK

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