Maya Cultural Heritage

How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past

Patricia A. McAnany (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2016
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4127-5 (ISBN)

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McAnany sheds light on the varied ways today’s Maya communities relate to—and are often distanced from—their deep past, historicizes the role of archaeologists and nations in pre-Columbian heritage, and highlights how grass-roots heritage programs can bridge scientific investigation and local community interests.

Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern México 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.

Patricia A. McAnany, Kenan Eminent Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a Maya archaeologist who has conducted field research and cultural heritage programs throughout the Maya region.

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Part I: Background and the Big Ideas
Chapter 1: Haunting Questions
Chapter 2: Forging Nationalism and Indenturing Labor
Chapter 3:Disciplining the Past
Chapter 4:Rethinking Business as Usual
Chapter 5:Engaging the Shadow of “The Ancient Maya”
Part II: Connecting with Communities around Heritage Issues 163
Chapter 6: Bridges to Community Partnerships
Chapter 7:Maya Area Cultural Heritage Initiative (MACHI)
Part III: In Their Own Words
Chapter 8:Talking Cultural Heritage at School
Chapter 9: Performing the Past, Creating a Future
Chapter 10:Restoring Balance: Pathways to Heritage without Irony
References Cited
Index

Reihe/Serie	Archaeology in Society
Co-Autor	Sarah M. Rowe
Zusatzinfo	4 b/w illustrations; 2 b/w photos; 13 colour illustrations; 24 colour photos; 33 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 238 mm
Gewicht	549 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10	1-4422-4127-6 / 1442241276
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-4127-5 / 9781442241275
Zustand	Neuware