Ruins of the Past: The Use and Perception of Abandoned Structures in the Maya Lowlands

From the Preclassic to the present, Maya peoples have continuously built, altered, abandoned, and re-used structures, imbuing them with new meanings at each transformation. Ruins of the Past is the first volume to focus on how previously built structures in the Maya Lowlands were used and perceived by later peoples, exploring the topic through concepts of landscape, place, and memory. The collection, as Wendy Ashmore points out in her foreword, offers "a stimulating, productive, and fresh set of inferences about ancient Maya cognition of their own past." Contributors include: Anthony P. Andrews, Ana Lucía Arroyave Prera, Antonio Benavides C., M. Kathryn Brown, Marcello A. Canuto, Mark B. Child, David A. Freidel, James F. Garber, Charles W. Golden, Stanley P. Guenter, Jon B. Hageman, Richard D. Hansen, Brett A. Houk, Wayne K. Howell, Paul Hughbanks, Scott R. Hutson, Aline Magnoni, T. Kam Manahan, Olivia C. Navarro Farr, Travis W. Stanton, Lauren A. Sullivan, and Fred Valdez Jr. Included here is the cover page, title page, table of contents and the first chapter entitled "Places of Remembrance: The Use and Perception of Abandoned Structures in the Maya Lowlands: by Travis W. Stanton and Aline Magnoni. The book in its entirety (364 pages) is available from University Press of Colorado.

自前古典时期（Preclassic）至今，玛雅族群始终持续开展建筑的建造、改建、废弃与再利用活动，每一次改造都为建筑赋予全新的内涵。《往昔废墟》（Ruins of the Past）是首部聚焦玛雅低地（Maya Lowlands）既往建筑被后世族群使用与认知的论文集，通过景观、场所与记忆的相关概念对该主题展开探讨。正如温迪·阿什莫尔在其序言中所言，本论文集提出了"一系列关于古玛雅族群对自身过往认知的富有启发性、创见性且新颖的推论"。本论文集的撰稿人包括：安东尼·P·安德鲁斯、安娜·露西娅·阿罗亚夫·普拉、安东尼奥·贝纳维德斯·C、M·凯瑟琳·布朗、马塞洛·A·卡努托、马克·B·蔡尔德、戴维·A·弗赖德尔、詹姆斯·F·加伯、查尔斯·W·戈尔登、斯坦利·P·京特、乔恩·B·哈格曼、理查德·D·汉森、布雷特·A·休克、韦恩·K·豪厄尔、保罗·休班克斯、斯科特·R·赫特森、艾琳·马尼奥尼、T·卡姆·马纳汉、奥利维亚·C·纳瓦罗·法尔、特拉维斯·W·斯坦顿、劳伦·A·沙利文以及小弗雷德·瓦尔迪兹。本论文集包含封面页、书名页、目录，以及由特拉维斯·W·斯坦顿与艾琳·马尼奥尼撰写的首章《纪念之地：玛雅低地废弃建筑的使用与认知》。全书共计364页，可通过科罗拉多大学出版社（University Press of Colorado）获取。