{"product_id":"the-maya-a-very-short-introduction-9780190645021","title":"The Maya: A Very Short Introduction","description":"The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas -- and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated\u003cbr\u003ewriting system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control. There was never a single, unified Maya state or empire, but always numerous, evolving ethnic groups speaking dozens of distinct Mayan\u003cbr\u003elanguages. The people we call Maya never thought of themselves as such; yet something definable, unique, and endlessly fascinating - what we call Maya culture - has clearly existed for millennia. So what was their self-identity and how did Maya civilization come to be invented? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the Maya historically subdivided and misunderstood in so many ways, the pursuit of what made them the Maya is all the more important. In this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e, Restall and Solari explore the themes of Maya identity, city-state political culture, art and architecture, the Maya concept\u003cbr\u003eof the cosmos, and the Maya experience of contact with -- including invasion by -- outsiders. Despite its brevity, this book is unique for its treatment of all periods of Maya civilization, from its origins to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12906469\"\u003eMatthew Restall\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13910395\"\u003eAmara Solari\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190645021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190645024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS007000\"\u003eLatin America | Central America\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS038000\"\u003eAmericas (North Central South West Indies)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Restall\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEdwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology and Director of Latin American Studies, Penn State University\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eAmara Solari\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Art History and Anthropology, Penn State University\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Restall\u003c\/strong\u003e is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology and Director of Latin American Studies at Penn State University. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Maya World, Maya Conquistador, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest, The Black Middle, 2012 and the End of the World, The Conquistadors: A\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWhen Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting Than Changed History\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmara Solari\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Art History and Anthropology at Penn State University. She is the co-author of \u003cem\u003e2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e, and author of \u003cem\u003eMaya Ideologies of the Sacred: The Transfiguration of Space in Colonial Yucatan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIdolizing Mary: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaya-Christian Icons in Early Modern Yucatán\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696498610413,"sku":"9780190645021","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6fbe79ef-137c-4712-8200-2be22e25f023.jpg?v=1649880710","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-maya-a-very-short-introduction-9780190645021","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}