Book
The ancient Maya
Stanford University Press • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: Sharer, Robert J., Morley, Sylvanus Griswold.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excellent introduction to classic Mayan civilization and includes discussions about the preclassic and postclassic periods. In the first half of the book, Sharer discusses the Maya on a period-by-period and site-by-site basis. In the second half, he discusses various aspects of Mayan culture, such as subsistence system, trade, social organization, cosmology, calendrics, writing, architecture, and artifacts. Sharer provides a good overview of the relationships and history of the polities that made up the Mayan realm. Also he writes about the history of Mayan research and scholarship.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Writing
- Recreational structures
- Religious and educational structures
- Miscellaneous structures
- Mercantile business
- Visual arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Chief executive
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Classic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750 BP - 1100 BP (250 A.D. - 900 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert J. Sharer
- Rev. ed. of: The ancient Maya / Sylvanus G. Morley and George W. Brainerd. 4th ed. 1983
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 765-847)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93013566
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities