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Zinacantan: A Maya Community in the Highlands of Chiapas.
F. T. Legg,Evon Z. Vogt +1 more
- Vol. 5, Iss: 1, pp 154
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The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology
TL;DR: In this paper, the deconstruction of received concepts about the body is discussed and three perspectives from which the body may be viewed: (1) as phenomenally experienced individual body-self; (2) as a social body, a natural symbol for thinking about relationships among nature, society, and culture; and (3) as body politic, an artifact of social and political control.
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Linking Social Change and Developmental Change: Shifting Pathways of Human Development.
TL;DR: Sciiocultural environments are not static either in the developed or the developing world and therefore must be treated dynamically in developmental research.
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Personhood, Agency, and Mortuary Ritual: A Case Study from the Ancient Maya
TL;DR: A case study from the Classic Maya civilization illustrates how emphasis on the individual, as represented in mortuary events, artistic depictions, and texts, has resulted in interpretive difficulties that can be avoided by viewing these data from the perspective of the social collectivity from which personhood was derived.
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Of gods, glyphs and kings: divinity and rulership among the Classic Maya
Stephen Houston,David Stuart +1 more
TL;DR: The ANTIQUITY prize-winning article in the last volume as discussed by the authors addressed writing, its varying nature and role in early states, and the source of the power of rulers like "Sun-faced Snake Jaguar".
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Ecology and Ritual: Water Management and the Maya
TL;DR: In the case of the Yucatecan Lowlands, the authors of as mentioned in this paper suggest the widespread use of artificially altered, natural depressions for the collection and containment of water, both for potable consumption and agricultural ends.
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The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology
TL;DR: In this paper, the deconstruction of received concepts about the body is discussed and three perspectives from which the body may be viewed: (1) as phenomenally experienced individual body-self; (2) as a social body, a natural symbol for thinking about relationships among nature, society, and culture; and (3) as body politic, an artifact of social and political control.
Journal ArticleDOI
Linking Social Change and Developmental Change: Shifting Pathways of Human Development.
TL;DR: Sciiocultural environments are not static either in the developed or the developing world and therefore must be treated dynamically in developmental research.
Journal ArticleDOI
Personhood, Agency, and Mortuary Ritual: A Case Study from the Ancient Maya
TL;DR: A case study from the Classic Maya civilization illustrates how emphasis on the individual, as represented in mortuary events, artistic depictions, and texts, has resulted in interpretive difficulties that can be avoided by viewing these data from the perspective of the social collectivity from which personhood was derived.
Journal ArticleDOI
Of gods, glyphs and kings: divinity and rulership among the Classic Maya
Stephen Houston,David Stuart +1 more
TL;DR: The ANTIQUITY prize-winning article in the last volume as discussed by the authors addressed writing, its varying nature and role in early states, and the source of the power of rulers like "Sun-faced Snake Jaguar".
Journal ArticleDOI
Ecology and Ritual: Water Management and the Maya
TL;DR: In the case of the Yucatecan Lowlands, the authors of as mentioned in this paper suggest the widespread use of artificially altered, natural depressions for the collection and containment of water, both for potable consumption and agricultural ends.