Constructing ‘Commoner' Identity in an Ancient Maya Village:

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Constructing ‘Commoner' Identity in an Ancient Maya Village: Class, Status, and Ritual at the Northeast Group, Chan Belize (BAR International)

Research at the Northeast Group explores how the malleability of commoner identity is crucial to interpretations of ancient Maya society. This volume has two main aims: first to demonstrate how residents of the Northeast Group used materials and architecture to distinguish themselves from others in the neighborhood, and second to examine the implications of commoners as agents of history. Fundamental to this is the deconstruction of what archaeologists mean by commoner and the theoretical and methodological assumptions built into these definitions. Regardless of extensive research in settlement and household studies, interpretations of ancient Maya society continued to be framed with reference to elites. As elites are defined as the motor of change within civilization, commoners, in contrast, are characterized as static and passive. This books seeks to demonstrate that these models do not accurately reflect who commoners were and their impact in the construction of ancient Maya society as a whole.
Country USA
Brand Parlux
Manufacturer British Archaeological Reports
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781407312842
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Parlux
Manufacturer	British Archaeological Reports
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781407312842
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Constructing ‘Commoner' Identity in an Ancient Maya Village: Class, Status, and Ritual at the Northeast Group, Chan Belize (BAR International)

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