essay
Revitalization movements among the Postclassic lowland Maya
lowland maya postclassic • Austin • Published In 1985 • Pages: 126-141
By: Fry, Robert E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this essay Fry discusses culture change as a product of revitalization movements which under certain conditions involve drastic and rapid reorientation of ideology, social organization, and economic systems. The author examines some of the potential archaeololgical signals for revitalization movements during the Postclassic period and uses this concept to explain an unusual pattern of architectural modification found by the Uaymil Survey Project in south-central Quintana Roo, Mexico (p. 126). The final section of this study attempts to locate the origins of this movement in the turmoil following the Terminal Classic period in Maya history.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Ceramic technology
- Architecture
- Organized ceremonial
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Postclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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
- essay
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1972-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100 BP-480 BP (900 A.D-1520 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Province of Uaymil, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert E. Fry
- For bibliographical references see document number 2:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84013168
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities