Maya Cultural Heritage - How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past (Hardcover)

Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America who became detached from "the ancient Maya" through colonialism, government actions, and early twentieth-century anthropological and archaeological research. Through grass-roots heritage programs, local communities are reconnecting with a much valorized but distant past. Maya Cultural Heritage explores how community programs conceived and implemented in a collaborative style are changing the relationship among, archaeological practice, the objects of archaeological study, and contemporary ethnolinguistic Mayan communities. Rather than simply describing Maya sites, McAnany concentrates on the dialogue nurtured by these participatory heritage programs, the new "heritage-scapes" they foster, and how the diverse Maya communities of today relate to those of the past.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Archaeology in Society
Release date:	September 2016
Authors:	Patricia A. McAnany
Contributors:	Sarah M Rowe
Dimensions:	238 x 158 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-1-4422-4127-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-4422-4127-6
Barcode:	9781442241275

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