Maya Worldviews at Conquest

Maya Worldviews at Conquest examines Maya culture and social life just prior to contact and the effect the subsequent Spanish conquest, as well as contact with other Mesoamerican cultures, had on the Maya worldview. Focusing on the Postclassic and Colonial periods, Maya Worldviews at Conquest provides a regional investigation of archaeological and epigraphic evidence of Maya ideology, landscape, historical consciousness, ritual practices, and religious symbolism before and during the Spanish conquest. Through careful investigation, the volume focuses on the impact of conversion, hybridization, resistance, and revitalization on the Mayans' understanding of their world and their place in it.The volume also addresses the issue of anthropologists unconsciously projecting their modern worldviews on the culture under investigation. Thus, the book critically defines and strengthens the use of worldviews in the scholarly literature regardless of the culture studied, making it of value not only to Maya scholars but also to those interested in the anthropologist's projection of worldview on other cultures in general. Contributors include Miguel Astor-Aguilera, Robert S. Carlsen, Leslie G. Cecil, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, John F. Chuchiak IV, Elizabeth Graham, Mark Howell, Susan Milbrath, Joel W. Palka, Carlos Peraza Lope, Shankari Patel, Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice, William M. Ringle, Andrea Stone, and Gabrielle Vail. The cover page, title page, table of contents, and introduction (by Leslie G. Cecil) are available for download here. The book in its entirety (426 pages) is available from University Press of Colorado.《西班牙征服之际的玛雅世界观》（Maya Worldviews at Conquest）一书聚焦西班牙殖民接触前夕的玛雅文化与社会生活，探讨后续西班牙征服以及与其他中美洲文化的接触对玛雅世界观产生的影响。该书以玛雅后古典时期与殖民时期为研究焦点，针对西班牙征服前后的玛雅意识形态、地域景观、历史意识、仪式实践与宗教象征的考古学与铭文证据展开区域性研究。本著作通过严谨的考察，重点探讨了宗教皈依、文化杂糅、反抗运动与文化复兴对玛雅族群认知自身世界及其在世界中定位的影响。同时，本书针对人类学家无意识地将自身现代世界观投射至所研究文化中的问题展开探讨。因此，本书批判性地界定并强化了学术文献中"世界观"概念的应用范畴，无论所研究的文化为何，这都使其不仅对玛雅研究学者具有参考价值，同时也对普遍关注人类学家将世界观投射至其他文化这一议题的研究者具有意义。本书作者团队包括米格尔·阿斯托尔-阿吉莱拉（Miguel Astor-Aguilera）、罗伯特·S·卡尔森（Robert S. Carlsen）、莱斯利·G·塞西尔（Leslie G. Cecil）、阿伦·F·蔡斯（Arlen F. Chase）、黛安·Z·蔡斯（Diane Z. Chase）、约翰·F·丘奇亚克四世（John F. Chuchiak IV）、伊丽莎白·格雷厄姆（Elizabeth Graham）、马克·豪厄尔（Mark Howell）、苏珊·米尔布拉思（Susan Milbrath）、乔尔·W·帕尔卡（Joel W. Palka）、卡洛斯·佩拉扎·洛佩（Carlos Peraza Lope）、尚卡丽·帕特尔（Shankari Patel）、蒂莫西·W·普（Timothy W. Pugh）、普鲁登斯·M·赖斯（Prudence M. Rice）、威廉·M·林格尔（William M. Ringle）、安德里亚·斯通（Andrea Stone）以及加布里埃尔·韦尔（Gabrielle Vail）。本书的封面、扉页、目录以及由莱斯利·G·塞西尔撰写的导论均可在此处下载。完整版全书（共426页）可通过科罗拉多大学出版社（University Press of Colorado）获取。