ANTHROP 2VV3 Lecture : Organization of Maya Society
9 Jan 2012
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No single of form of social organization that characterizes in exact detail every part of the classic. Differences in time, space, ethnicity, language (approximately 27 different distinct languages (not dialects) all associated with different maya groups ie. ethnicities), and social complexity. Ethnohistoric sources are considerably more balanced but are temporally limited. Relationship between family unit and the larger society. Modern houses much like ancient ones: stones for foundation at the bottom, limestone plaster or baked mud treatment on outside of walls. Kitchens, storage (primarily food), sleeping, craft manufacture (basket weaving, ceramic pots, tools, etc. ) Ceren (located on el salvador on the edge of the maya area) 4 separate buildings arranged around an open area, kitchen gardens, agricultural fields. Residential group: people occupying a discrete cluster of buildings identified within a site (what s left of a village, town or city) Household cluster (naahlil: 2-6 residential structures, residential groups with shared occupations and/or family ties.
