ANTH265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Uxmal, Mesoamerican Chronology, Popol Vuh
16 Nov 2016
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In maya society, social status had real implications for people"s health and everyday. Not elaborate, people buried inside the house (under) Many of the health issues in maya example involved childhood health and nutrition, Mainly corn as a staple food, but protein defficiency is prevalent. Poor nutrition (lots of corn, little meat) and the health consequences as a result. Maya area (southern mesoamerica) of the classic period. Maya diet are more common in non-elaborate burials (low status people) Important point lives children benefited from their parent"s social status abilities. Maya does not have equal opportunities in their society. Movie on maya with deep inferences on maya art instead of the images being metaphorical or symbolic. there was no collapse but more likely a population shift and culture change occurred. Much of what thompson and morely learned (calendars, math, writing, etc) came from living. Maya people known as the direct historical approach.
