Mayan Civilization

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* Article: А HISTORICAL ANTROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION. By Robert Carmack. Social Evolution & History. Volume 2, Number 1 / March 2003

URL = https://www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/140477/

"Independent of the intriguing comparisons between the Mayan and other civilizations, including the Russian, the primary goal of this essay has been to make the case that Mayan civilization is one of the oldest, most persistent, and complex civilizations in world history. An attempt has also been made to emphasize the importance of studying the continuities as well as the changes in civilizations through time. In the preceding sketch of power, hierarchy, and culture in Mayan history, the concepts and methods employed derive from the emerging field of Historical Anthropology. As with other regional civilizations, the importance of Mayan civilization in Mexico and Central America, and for Latin America in general, is enormous, and for that reason and others we should give more attention to the Mayas (and Mesoamericans) in comparative research on civilizations, whether the comparative scale be global, regional, or individual cases.”