Houses in a Landscape: Memory and Everyday Life in Mesoamerica

by Julia A. Hendon

Book Overview

In Houses in a Landscape, Julia A. Hendon examines the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. While these societies left behind monumental buildings, the remains of their dead, remnants of their daily life, intricate works of art, and fine examples of craftsmanship such as pottery and stone tools, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822347040
• ISBN13: 9780822347040
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"