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Maya Studies with the Maya Paperback – February 16, 2018

by Ruud van Akkeren (Author)
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Maya culture originated in Central America and Mexico. Long ago, but it reached a degree of civilization comparable to all other great cultures in this world. Recent investigations reveal that the level of urbanization was even higher than we thought it was. Then their culture shrank, a phenomenon labeled the ‘Maya collapse’. At one time it was believed that they had disappeared; now scholars know better. They are still alive; their descendants number in the millions. They still speak their own Maya language. In fact, their modern languages helped to decipher their ancient hieroglyphic texts. Once Maya lords and priests wrote in their idiosyncratic script about their great achievements, about their gods and creation itself. Today most Maya are poor, relegated to second class citizens in the lands where they originated, thousands of years ago. They have been stripped of their lands and of their history. Yet they maintained a rich oral tradition, preserving their philosophy, gods and rituals. This is a book from a Maya scholar who has lived for some twenty five years among the Maya people, who believes that Maya studies should be done with them, and in their homeland. That is, if we really want to fathom their culture. And perhaps even more important, to be able to give them back their history, their dignity.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (February 16, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 72 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1980295662
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1980295662
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.17 x 9 inches
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Ruud Van Akkeren

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Ruud van Akkeren is a Dutch anthropologist who specializes in the ancient indigenous documents of Guatemala, for which he learned several Mayan languages. He did his PhD on the Mayan dance-drama text Rabinal Achi at Leiden University (2000). He has been living over twenty five years in the Maya Highlands, currently in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. He is a research-associate of the Universidad del Valle, and in 2016 was a Tinker-LLILAS visiting professor at the University of Texas, at Austin.

In addition to his own research in the Maya area, he works in educational projects sharing his knowledge with local teachers, university students, local NGO officials, indigenous priests, many of them Mayan. He advised the Guatemalan Ministry of Sports and Culture when submitting the Rabinal Achi to the category of Intangible Heritage to Humanity at UNESCO. In 2005 this dance-drama received that status.

He has published over fifty articles, and his books include Place of the Lord's Daughter - Rabinal, its history, its dance-drama (2000) Ixil, lugar del jaguar (2005); La visión indígena de la conquista (2007); Xib’alb’a y el nacimiento del nuevo sol – La visión posclásica del colapso maya (2012; Cerro de Maguey – Lugar donde nació el tiempo. Un estudio etnohistórico de Kaminal Juyu, capital del pueblo poq’om (to be published in 2018). He also has written a historical thriller called La Danza del Tambor, set in Rabinal twenty years after the conquest.

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https://www.studieswithmaya.com

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E P van Akkeren
5.0 out of 5 stars Good starting point to learn more
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2018
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Very clear, very informative and very dedicated. Good starting point to learn more!
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Ernie
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing lack of content
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2018
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This slim volume turns out to be an egocentric CV for the author: what he's done, where he's done it and who he's done it with. Some headings of research, but without enough supporting details to be of use at this stage.
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