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Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes: Insights from Archaeology, History, and Ethnography (Archaeologies of Landscapes in the Americas) - Hardcover

Palka, Joel W.

 
9780826354747: Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes: Insights from Archaeology, History, and Ethnography (Archaeologies of Landscapes in the Americas)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0826354742 ISBN 13: 9780826354747
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2014

Synopsis

Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world. These journeys involve important social and practical concerns, such as the maintenance of food sources and world order. Frequent pilgrimages to ceremonial hills to pay offerings to spiritual forces for good harvests, for instance, are just as necessary for farming as planting fields. Why has Maya pilgrimage to ritual landscapes prevailed from the distant past and why are journeys to ritual landscapes important in Maya religion? How can archaeologists recognize Maya pilgrimage, and how does it compare to similar behavior at ritual landscapes around the world? The author addresses these questions and others through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights.

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About the Author

Joel W. Palka is an associate professor of anthropology and Latin American and Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of Unconquered Lacandon Maya: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Indigenous Culture Change.

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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826354742
ISBN 13 
9780826354747
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
376