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Maya Cultural Heritage: How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past
Contributor(s): McAnany, Patricia A. (Author), Rowe, Sarah M. (Contribution by)

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 ISBN: 1442241276     ISBN-13: 9781442241275
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
OUR PRICE: $121.80  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Business & Economics | Museum Administration And Museology
- History | Latin America - Central America
Dewey: 972.6
LCCN: 2016019402
Age Level: 18-22
Grade Level: 13-17
Series: Archaeology in Society
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.25 lbs) 270 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
- Cultural Region - Mexican
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps
Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2017
 
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Publisher Description:
Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern M xico and northern Central America who became detached from "the ancient Maya" through colonialism, government actions, and early twentieth-century anthropological and archaeological research. Through grass-roots heritage programs, local communities are reconnecting with a much valorized but distant past. Maya Cultural Heritage explores how community programs conceived and implemented in a collaborative style are changing the relationship among, archaeological practice, the objects of archaeological study, and contemporary ethnolinguistic Mayan communities. Rather than simply describing Maya sites, McAnany concentrates on the dialogue nurtured by these participatory heritage programs, the new "heritage-scapes" they foster, and how the diverse Maya communities of today relate to those of the past.
 
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