The Maya (Ancient Peoples and Places)

Product Information

Biographical notes place the poets in historical context and offer quotes and anecdotes to help readers learn about the poets’ lives. We’ve picked out some of the best books about the Maya suitable for primary school children looking to explore the topic.

Many Mayans reacted to intense missionary activities from the Catholic Church by accepting the new religion but integrating it with their traditional divine pantheon into a creative syncretism.Sandy passed away peacefully on July 19, 2020, following a six-month struggle with pancreatic cancer.

It is their cultural strength that has allowed the Mayan to adapt to the new civilisations in which they find themselves, sometimes in surprisingly innovative ways.One wise teacher quoted in this book, Pema Chödrön, offers a simple practice for cultivating forgiveness: “First we acknowledge what we feel—shame, revenge, embarrassment, remorse. For five years he was the artist-in-residence at Ganden Monastery before coming to the United States to continue his craftsmanship. His many other books include Mexico (with Rex Koontz; a companion to The Maya), The True History of Chocolate (with Sophie D.

Without those sources to check against, what little you can decipher from even briefer mentions cannot be anything but unreliable. But the statement means at minimum that the Mayan culture is finally recognised as a valid political issue. Among these is the Popal Vuh, the Mayan account of creation and the divine presence, with its interesting parallels and alternatives to Judaic sacred scriptures. She is an anthropological archaeologist interested in issues of identity and other forms of symbolic representation in the archaeological record. Each page contains information on the Maya, including Maya Heiroglyphics and some of their meanings, what they considered beautiful and their numbers.Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas lamented when he found out that such books were destroyed: "These books were seen by our clergy, and even I saw part of those that were burned by the monks, apparently because they thought [they] might harm the Indians in matters concerning religion, since at that time they were at the beginning of their conversion. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.

There’s no denying that Michael Coe is one of the foremost scholars of the Mayan world, and that this is known for being a prime text to introduce people to the Mayan world in an academic sense (rather than a frivolous ‘clearly they were inspired by aliens’ or other such conspiracy theory sense). There were many books in existence at the time of the Spanish conquest of Yucatán in the 16th century; most were destroyed by the Catholic priests. Includes a brief introduction to meditation so anyone can get started right away, as well as mindfulness tips and inspiring quotes. He has been doing fieldwork in the Maya Lowlands, usually focusing on household archaeology, settlement patterns, and ritual practice, since 1996.

Ideal for children of 9+, and fact and history lovers of all ages, the Maya have never seemed more exciting! And through this incessant talk they create the key to their adaptive success: tradition, that is to say, the unquestioned lore of how things are done, the rules and regulations of how to live, routines about how to stay healthy, and, ultimately, how to survive. The Dresden Codex ( Codex Dresdensis) is held in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek (SLUB), the state library in Dresden, Germany. It requires great patience over very long periods to produce sustainable improvements without introducing defects (like susceptibility to disease or pests). Even writing, the earliest of which is around 300 BCE, is a tradition, perhaps the ultimate tradition when it comes to increasing adaptive potential because it allows record keeping and documentation of other traditions.