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Memory in Fragments: The Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures

Memory in Fragments: The Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures

O'Neil, Megan E.

Hardcover

Native American HistoryArchaeologyCaribbean, Latin American & South American Art

ISBN10: 1477329390
ISBN13: 9781477329399
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: Jul 2 2024
Pages: 280
Weight: 2.42
Height: 1.02 Width: 8.66 Depth: 11.10
Language: English

An exploration of how the ancient Maya engaged with their history by using, altering, and burying stone sculptures.

For the ancient Maya, monumental stone sculptures were infused with agency. As they were used, reused, altered, and buried, such sculptures retained ceremonial meaning. In Memory in Fragments, Megan E. O'Neil explores how ancient Maya people engaged with history through these sculptures, as well as how they interacted with the stones themselves over the course of the sculptures' long lives. Considering Maya religious practices, historiography, and conceptions of materials and things, O'Neil explores how Maya viewers perceived sculptures that were fragmented, scarred, burned, damaged by enemies, or set in unusual locations. In each case, she demonstrates how different human interactions, amid dynamic religious, political, and historical contexts, led to new episodes in the sculptures' lives.

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