Os antigos Maias no pensamento ocidental
Entre factos e mitos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11769137 |
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| Authors | Miguel Pimenta-Silva (0000-0002-4400-7162, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Issue | 22 |
| Pages | 225-244 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadmo: Revista de História Antiga (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0871-9527 • E-ISSN: 2183-7937 |
| Publisher | Coimbra University Press (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.14195/0871-9527_22_14 |
| OpenAlex | W2570685461 |
| Language | PT |
| References cited | 2 |
Lost temples in the middle of the jungle, abandoned cities, human sacrifice, cannibalism and skywatching obsession are some examples of the ideas that fill up the mankind imaginary when someone refer the ancient Maya. The construction of a memory about ancient Maya and their history has changed over the centuries. What were the stages and how did it influence our thoughts about the ancient Maya in actuality? Apparently it was a slow process where religion, history, politics and social phenomena's were the reasons for the creation of an image that exist today in the global memory
Art · Humanities · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought
| Highly cited | No |
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