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5 paź 2011 · This paper discusses the importance of female breasts in gender construction in Maya art and explains artistic conventions and choices in their deployment. The visual analysis focuses on Late Classic pictorial vases and ceramic figurines.
The social, and political rank of ancient Maya women is increasingly debated in archeological studies into the role of gender. To date, lines of evidence are based chiefly on an investigation of material culture (e.g. monumental sculpture and iconography, ceramic art), use of space (residential architecture and activity analysis, and, to a ...
Yohl Ik’nal was the first liberator and rebel against the Mayan female gender roles set upon elite women, disproving the heavily connoted assumption of weakness in females, which created a new dynasty of respect for this subgroup of people in the Mayan society.
Feminist archaeology has prompted scholars to reconsider gender roles in ancient Mesoamerica. Current research, however, tends to focus on elite women, classes and sites.
1 cze 2006 · Based on a functional interpretation of donut stones as thigh-supported spindle whorls, these artifacts can potentially be used to provide insight into the nature of ancient Maya household...
16 paź 2013 · This chapter complements the general survey of geographic preferences and gradual shifts in Classic period head-modeling practices in Mesoamerica by exemplifying their local roles and embedded ideological meanings for the ancient Maya.
1 paź 2014 · This chapter complements the general survey of geographic preferences and gradual shifts in Classic period head-modeling practices in Mesoamerica by exemplifying their local roles and embedded...
