Editors:
- Brings together an international group of contributors to report on human sacrifice and body manipulation in Mayan culture
- Can be used comparatively in other cultures which had similar practices
- Includes explicitly bioarchaeological approaches
Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology (IDCA)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The central goal of this book is to contribute to the timely discussion and understanding of Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation.
Most school children in the US learn about the Maya and their practices based on their cultural and religious beliefs in their Social Studies classes. But a number of new sites have been discovered, giving an interdisciplinary group of researchers a channel to discuss these acts and their meaning.
The editors bring together not only archaeologists but anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists, giving the volume a more complete perspective on these sites and the material culture and biological evidence found there.
The field of archaeology is growing to include the physical remains of ritual practice along with the material remains and this book can be seen as an example of who the study of ancient civilizations can be more comprehensive. Additionally, this is an international volume with scholars from the area studied which is becoming more and more important in archaeological research. This will be of interest to students studying Mayan and Mesoamerican culture as well as those interested in bioarchaeology and human sacrifice.
Editors and Affiliations
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Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society
Editors: Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina
Series Title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48871-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-48870-7Published: 14 March 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-09524-0Published: 10 September 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-48871-4Published: 15 February 2007
Series ISSN: 1568-2722
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6984
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 319
Topics: Archaeology, Religious Studies, general, History, general