The Spanish conquest and the Maya collapse
How 'Religious' Is Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Graham (0000-0002-6328-6945), Scott E Simmon, Scott E Simmons, Christine D White |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 161-185 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2013.770962 |
| OpenAlex | W2061868273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 53 |
The phenomenon of the Spanish Conquest of the Maya region suggests strongly that, in the process of socio-cultural transformation, 'religion' has no meaning as a concept with its own particular dynamic. There is no such thing as 'religious' change that is not also tied to other sorts of changes and indeed to continuity. One dramatic change was the adoption by whole communities, or large segments of communities, of Christian burial practice in which the body was placed in the supine position, head to the west, facing east. Christian burial is seen to represent 'religious conversion' but it was one of a broad sweep of changes in how power was gained and wealth appropriated, and the way in which killing was socially sanctioned through warfare. Evidence is accumulating from sites in Belize that a significant change in burial practice also took place at time of the Maya collapse in the ninth and tenth centuries. The question that remains to be answered is whether or not the new interment practices were part of a pattern which, like the burials of the Conquest period, reflected broader socio-cultural transformations
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · CONQUEST · Maya · Meaning (existential · Ninth · Period (music · Phenomenon · Power (physics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Latin American history and culture · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 1,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |