Construction of Maya Space (eBook)

Construction of Maya Spaces sheds new light on how Maya society may have shaped-and been shaped by-the constructed environment. Moving beyond the towering pyramids and temples often associated with Maya spaces, this volume focuses on how those in power used features such as walls, roads, rails, and symbolic boundaries to control those without power, and how the powerless pushed back.Through fifteen engaging chapters, contributors examine the construction of spatial features by ancient, historic, and contemporary Maya elite and nonelite peoples to understand how they used spaces differently. Through cutting-edge methodologies and case studies, chapters consider how and why Maya people connected and divided the spaces they used daily in their homes, in their public centers, in their sacred places such as caves, and across their regions to inform us about the mental constructs they used to create their lives and cultures of the past.ContributorsElias Alcocer PuertoAlejandra Alonso OlveraTraci ArdrenJaime J. AweAlejandra Badillo SanchezNicolas C. BarthGrace Lloyd BascopeAdolpho Ivan Batun-AlpucheElizabeth BecknerM. Kathryn BrownBernadette CapMiguel Covarrubias ReynaJuan Fernandez DiazAlberto G. Flores ColinThomas H. GuderjanC. Colleen HanrattyHector Hernandez AlvarezScott R. HutsonJoshua J. KwokaWhitney LytleAline MagnoniJennifer P. MathewsStephanie J. MillerShawn G. MortonHolley MoyesShannon PlankDominique RissoloPatrick RohrerCarmen Rojas SandovalJustine M. ShawJ. Gregory SmithTravis W. StantonKarl A. TaubeDaniel Vallejo-Caliz