Can I read Maya History and Religion (Volume 99) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) on EtoBox?

Maya History and Religion (Volume 99) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Thompson, J. Eric S. (John Eric Sidney), 1898-1975 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Maya History and Religion (Volume 99) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) about?

<p>Believing that Maya studies today are "suffering from imbalance," J. Eric S. Thompson here approaches Maya history and religion from the standpoint of ethno-history. Present-day archaeologists often tend to restrict their curiosity to their excavations and social anthropologists to observe the modern Maya as members of a somewhat primitive society in an era of change. In this volume, a distinguished Maya scholar seeks to correlate data from colonial writings and observations of the modern Indian with archaeological information in order to extend and clarify the panorama of Maya culture.</p> <p>The shock of the Spanish Conquest was devastating to the Maya. Not only were they placed under the domination of a people uninterested in their ancient ways, but their religion was proscribed, they were removed from their familiar settlements into new areas, and new diseases were introduced which ravaged their civilization. In spite of these ordeals, the Maya have clung closely to the old ways, and Maya culture is still very much alive, though slowly giving way before modern technology and influences.</p> <p>Topics discussed include Putun Maya expansion in Yucatan and the Pasión drainage,

Author

Thompson, J. Eric S. (John Eric Sidney), 1898-1975

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press (Norman)

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806122472

Subjects

History, Humanities