Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya: Relational Archaeology at Chunchucmil

By Scott Hutson and Scott R. Hutson University of Kentucky

Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya offers a new perspective on the ancient Maya that emphasizes the importance of dwelling as a social practice. Contrary to contemporary notions of the self as individual and independent, the identities of the ancient Maya grew from their everyday relations and interactions with other people, the houses and temples they built, and the objects they created, exchanged, cherished, and left behind. Using excavations of ancient Chunchucmil as a case study, it investigates how Maya personhood was structured and transformed in and beyond the domestic sphere and examines the role of the past in the production of contemporary Maya identity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759119201
• ISBN13: 9780759119208
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"