The ancient Maya created one of the most studied and best-known
civilizations of the Americas. Nevertheless, Maya civilization is
often considered either within a vacuum, by sub-region and
according to modern political borders, or with reference to the
most important urban civilizations of central Mexico. Seldom if
ever are the Maya and their Central American neighbors of El
Salvador and Honduras considered together, despite the fact that
they engaged in mutually beneficial trade, intermarried, and
sometimes made war on each other. "The Maya and Their Central
American Neighbors" seeks to fill this lacuna by presenting
original research on the archaeology of the whole of the Maya area
(from Yucatan to the Maya highlands of Guatemala), western
Honduras, and El Salvador.
With a focus on settlement pattern analyses, architectural
studies, and ceramic analyses, this ground breaking book provides a
broad view of this important relationship allowing readers to
understand ancient perceptions about the natural and built
environment, the role of power, the construction of historical
narrative, trade and exchange, multiethnic interaction in
pluralistic frontier zones, the origins of settled agricultural
life, and the nature of systemic collapse. "
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