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Maya lords of the jungle. John Angier, réal

Angier, John Provost, Richard Public Broadcasting Associates Documentary Educational Resources .Firm 2010

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  • Titre:
    Maya lords of the jungle. John Angier, réal
  • Titres liés: Odyssey Odyssey Images animées Watertown Documentary Educational Resources 200X- DVD;
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  • Titre de forme: Films documentaires
    Amérique
  • Auteur: Angier, John
  • Provost, Richard;
    Public Broadcasting Associates;
    Documentary Educational Resources .Firm
  • Éditeur: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2010
  • Sujets: Mayas -- Antiquités -- DVD;
    Religion maya -- DVD;
    Mayas -- Antiquities;
    Mayas -- Religion;
    Indians of Central America -- Antiquities;
    Indiens d'Amérique -- Antiquités -- DVD -- Amérique centrale;
    Amérique centrale -- Antiquités -- DVD;
    Central America -- Antiquities;
    Films ethnographiques -- DVD -- Amérique centrale
  • Notes: Cop. : Public Broadcasting Associates, 1981
  • Résumé: Indiqué sur la jaquette : The great Maya civilization of Central America has long intrigued archaeologists, who have investigated its economic, social, and political bases, and its mysterious collapse around 900 A.D. Until recently, archaeologists theorized that the ancient Maya peoples practiced slash-and-burn agriculture that required great tracts of forest land, and that as population grew the dwindling forest resources could no longer support the civilization. It was thought that a small, centralized, priestly elite was supported by an undifferentiated mass of people in the countryside which surrounded temple complexes. This film takes another look at older theories and recent archaeological advances, and suggests an interpretation of Maya society in which a flourishing trade in salt was complemented by a form of intensive agriculture based on artificially raised fields on swampy land. This economic base could have sustained the large population while necessitating the more elaborate social hierarchies and political structures that are suggested by recent excavations. A link between the ecological system and political power is found in stone: the water lily, carved on glyphs that symbolized the powers of the king, apparently also played a significant ecological function in the system of swamp-raised agriculture.
  • Langue: Anglais
  • Date d'édition: 2010
  • Desc. matérielle: 1 DVD (59 min) : coul., son.
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