Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World by Traci Ardren

Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World by Traci Ardren

Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World introduces readers to a range of people who lived during the Classic period (200-800 CE) of Maya civilization. Traci Ardren here reconstructs the individual experiences of Maya people across all social arenas and experiences, including less-studied populations, such as elders, children, and non-gender binary people. Putting people, rather than objects, at the heart of her narrative, she examines the daily activities of a small rural household of farmers and artists, hunting and bee-keeping rituals, and the bustling activities of the urban marketplace. Ardren bases her study on up-to-date and diverse sources and approaches, including archaeology, art history, epigraphy, and ethnography. Her volume reveals the stories of ancient Maya people and also shows the relevance of those stories today. Written in an engaging style, Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World offers readers at all levels a view into the amazing accomplishments of a culture that continues to fascinate.

Traci Ardren is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Miami. Her research has been supported by the National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation. She is the author of Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands: Gender, Age, Memory, and Place (University of Texas Press, 2015), editor of Her Cup for Sweet Cacao: Food in Ancient Maya Society (University of Texas Press, 2020), and co-editor of The Maya World (Routledge, 2020).

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ISBN 13	9781107682917
ISBN 10	1107682916
Title	Everyday Life in the Classic Maya World
Author	Traci Ardren
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2023-06-22
Number of pages	275
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