Everyday life matters : maya farmers at Chan
Texte imprimé
- Auteurs : Robin Cynthia ;
- Editeurs : Gainesville [etc.] University Press of Florida ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2013
- ISBN : 978-0-8130-4499-6, 0-8130-4499-5
- Sujets : Mayas -- Antiquités -- Belize -- Chan (Belize, site archéologique), Mayas, Archéologie, Belize, Chan (Belize
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xx-243 p.), : Ill., cartes, couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 211-234. Index
Résumé
Examining the two-thousand-year history (800 B.C.-A.D. 1200) of the ancient farming community of Chan in Belize, Cynthia Robin's groundbreaking work explains why the average person should matter to archaeologists studying larger societal patterns. Robin argues that the impact of the mundane can be substantial, so much so that the study of a polity without regard to its citizenry is incomplete. Refocusing attention away from the Maya elite and offering critical analysis of daily life elucidated by anthropological theory, Robin engages us to consider the larger implications of the commonplace and to rethink the constitution of human societies by ordinary people living routine lives