"The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. ..."
"The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. ..."
"... Diego Vasquez de Mer- cado wrote that the Maya had to be forcibly removed from the forests so that they could “be ... Diego Vásquez de Mercado al rey sobre la idolatría de los indios y el estado general de su iglesia, 10 de octubre, 1606 ..."
"This critical and careful reading of the Account is long overdue in Maya studies and will forever change how this seminal text is understood and used."
"VandenBosch, Jon C., Lisa J. LeCount, and Jason Yaeger 2010 Integration and
Interdependence: The Domestic ... Walling, Stanley L., Peter F. Davis, Sandra
Dias, and Melissa De Vito 2005 Report of the 2004 Rio Bravo Archaeological
Project, Site R.B. 47: Chawak But'o'ob, Belize. ... Willey, Gordon Randolph,
William R. Jr. Bullard, J. B. Glass, and James C. Gifford 1965 Prehistoric Maya
Settlements in ..."
Her Cup for Sweet Cacao Food in Ancient Maya Society by TraciArdren 312 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-2166-9, ISBN: 1-4773-2166-7
"Food in Ancient Maya Society Traci Ardren ... dates reveal that peripheral
occupation dates to the fourteenth rather than the thirteenth century,
environmental factors would loom conspicuously as contributors to countryside
wealth suppression."
The Maya World (Routledge Worlds) by Scott R. Hutson, TraciArdren Hardcover, 888 Pages, Published 2020 by Taylor & Francis Group ISBN-13: 978-1-138-49283-7, ISBN: 1-138-49283-3
"This is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists."
"London: Leicester University Press. Dietler, Michael, and Ingrid Herbich. 1989. “
Tich Matek: The Technology of Luo Pottery Production and the Definition of
Ceramic Style.” World Archaeology 21 (1): 148–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/
00438243.1989.9980096. Dietler, Michael, and Ingrid Herbich. 1998. “Habitus,
Techniques, Style: An Integrated Approach to the Social Understanding of
Material Culture and Boundaries.” In The Archaeology ..."
Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands(Reprint) Gender, Age, Memory, and Place (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by TraciArdren Paperback, 222 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-1132-5, ISBN: 1-4773-1132-7
" "Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands" plumbs the archaeological record for what it can reveal about the creation of personal and communal identities in the Maya world. Using new primary data from her excavations at the sites of Yaxuna, Chunchucmil, and Xuenkal, and new analysis of data from Dzibilchaltun in Yucatan, Mexico, Traci Ardren presents a series of case studies in how social identities were created, shared, ..."
"Prehistoric economic relationships are often presented as genderless, yet mounting research highlights the critical role gendered identities play in the division of work tasks and the development of specialized production in pre-modern economic systems. In "Gendered Labor in Specialized Economies," contributors combine the study of gender in the archaeological record with the examination of intensified craft production in prehistory to ..."
"The first book to focus on children in ancient Mesoamerica, this vital reference offers a key methodological guide for archaeologists studying children and their roles not only in Mesoamerica, but also in ancient societies worldwide."
Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands Gender, Age, Memory, and Place (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by TraciArdren Hardcover, 222 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-76811-6, ISBN: 0-292-76811-7
"Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands plumbs the archaeological record for what it can reveal about the creation of personal and communal identities in the Maya world. Using new primary data from her excavations at the sites of Yaxuna, Chunchucmil, and Xuenkal, and new analysis of data from Dzibilchaltun in Yucatan, Mexico, Traci Ardren presents a series of case studies in how social identities were created, shared, an ..."
"... stone façades appear in the poetry of additional modern Yucatec Maya writers
such as Briceida Cuevas Cob and Feliciano Sánchez Chan, where they intersect
with other social identities such as femaleness or campesino (agriculturalist).
These ancient elements of the landscape also appear in community histories
written by local schoolteachers or part-time historians, such as the work Breves
datos historicosy culturales del municipi ..."
"Featuring some 100 paintings, drawings, ceramics, glass, and sculptures, the exhibition explores thematic connections between mythic traditions in world art, drawn from the Lowe's permanent collection, which spans 5,000 years and represents the artistic traditions of both western and non-western cultures."
The Jaguar's Spots(1st Edition) Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami by University Of Miami, TraciArdren, Lowe Art Museum Hardcover, 172 Pages, Published 2010 by Lowe Art Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-9788213-4-0, ISBN: 0-9788213-4-3
"This volume represents the final report of the Selz Foundation Yaxuna Archaeological Project at the Precolumbian Maya center of Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico from 1986 to 1996. This volume contains summaries of all survey data, excavations, artifact analyses, and current interpretations. Contents: 1) Introduction; 2) Background to the investigations; 3) The natural setting; 4) Chronology (Yaxuna Ia (750/500 B.C.-250 B.C.), Yaxuna Ib (250 B.C. ..."
Flowers for the Earth Lord Guatemalan Textiles from the Permanent Collection by TraciArdren Paperback, 164 Pages, Published 2006 by Lowe Art Museum, University Of Miami ISBN-13: 978-0-9788213-0-2, ISBN: 0-9788213-0-0
"flowers for the earthlord"
Gender and Archaeology Ser. Ancient Maya Women by TraciArdren 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Rowman Altamira ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-1677-1, ISBN: 0-7591-1677-6
"image, the positioning of the jaguar and snake thrones t0 the left and right of the
king and their association with the father ... Often, the shield is emblazoned with
the visage of a jaguar deity, while the foot of God K is typically transformed into a
..."
"This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. Before Kukulkán is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of Yaxuná, located at a contentious crossroads of the northern Maya lowlands. Using bioarchaeology ..."
"Prehistoric economic relationships are often presented as genderless, yet mounting research highlights the critical role gendered identities play in the division of work tasks and the development of specialized production in pre-modern economic systems. In Gendered Labor in Specialized Economies, contributors combine the study of gender in the archaeological record with the examination of intensified craft production in prehistory to re ..."