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The Adorned Body: Mapping Ancient Maya Dress


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How we dress our bodies-through clothing, footwear, headgear, jewelry, haircuts, and more-is key to the expression of status and identity. This idea was as true for ancient Maya civilization as it is today, yet few studies have centered on what ancient Maya peoples wore and why. In The Adorned Body, Nicholas Carter, Stephen Houston, and Franco Rossi bring together contributions from a wide range of scholars, leading to the first in-depth study of Maya dress in pre-Columbian times. Incorporating artistic, hieroglyphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the clothing and ornaments of ancient Maya peoples, systematically examining who wore what, deducing the varied purposes and meanings of dress items and larger ensembles, and determining the methods and materials with which such items were created. Each essay investigates a category of dress-including headgear, pendants and necklaces, body painting, footwear, and facial ornaments-and considers the variations within each of these categories, as well as popular styles and trends through time. The final chapters reveal broader views and comparisons about costume ensembles and their social roles. Shedding new light on the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas, The Adorned Body offers a thorough map of Maya dress that will be of interest to scholars and fashion enthusiasts alike.

Table of Contents:
1. The Adorned Body (Stephen Houston, Nicholas Carter, and Franco Rossi) 2. The Clothed Body (Nicholas Carter, Alyce de Carteret, and Katharine Lukach) 3. The Painted Body (Katharine Lukach and Jeffrey Dobereiner) 4. The Capped Body (Nicholas Carter and Alyce de Carteret) 5. The Diademed Body (Franco Rossi, Katharine Lukach, and Jeffrey Dobereiner) 6. The Bejeweled Body (Nicholas Carter) 7. The Collared Body (Mallory Matsumoto and Cara Tremain) 8. The Girded Body (Alyce de Carteret and Jeffrey Dobereiner) 9. The Shod Body (Franco Rossi and Alyce de Carteret) 10. The Varied Body (Cara Tremain) 11. The Moving Body (Mallory Matsumoto) Coda (Stephen Houston, Franco Rossi, and Nicholas Carter) References Index

About the Author :
Nicholas Carter is an assistant professor of anthropology at Texas State University. Stephen D. Houston is the Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University and the author of many books, including The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence, which won a PROSE Award in 2014. Franco D. Rossi is the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History of Art at the Johns Hopkins University. His research uses archaeological approaches to explore the relationship among art, education systems, and statecraft in ancient Mesoamerica.

Review :
The contributors [to The Adorned Body]...quite compellingly explore the objectives and reception of specific symbolism, especially in public ceremonies and processions. The authors draw on a rich corpus of basic data, including hundreds of richly painted ceramics and abundant frescoes painted on white plastered walls in temples, palaces, and other venues...The chapters are well illustrated, and fortunately there is a section of color illustrations in the center of the book...Recommended. (CHOICE) A highly welcomed volume…[The Adorned Body] addresses the yet under-investigated topic of ancient Maya dress conception and features...the eleven chapters written by different authors provide ample documentation of iconography, epigraphy, and materiality concerning Maya output of dresses and adorned bodies. (Anthropos) The Adorned Body provides a complete and exhaustive survey on dress and fashion among the ancient Maya...This book represents a brief and clear but comprehensive review on ancient Maya clothing. It will be of interest as a first approach to this subject or as a useful support for scholars who need to widen or develop their knowledge on the topic, thanks to the richness of references given about others' works...The book also provides a whole perception of the human body in Mesoamerican civilization. (Journal of Dress History)


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  • ISBN-13: 9781477320709
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Texas Press
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Sub Title: Mapping Ancient Maya Dress
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1477320709
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2020
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 36 mm
  • Weight: 966 gr


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