The second edition of the book by archaeologist Ivan Šprajc, a considerably enlarged version of the first edition published in 2009, is a first-person narrative of his explorations in the Maya area. ...Written by a distinguished expert and published in German in 2015, with an English translation currently in press in the USA, it is an adventurous story presenting in a reader-friendly way the incidents, difficulties, dangers, and triumphs experienced by an archaeologist in the tropical forest of southeastern Mexico. The thematically rounded episodes following the chronological order of Sprajc's expeditions include interesting information about the life of the ancient Maya, about their settlements, economy, social order, religious life, politics, and the emergence, development, and collapse of their civilization, as well as about the lives of their modern descendants, the technological advances of archaeology, and Mexico's concern for cultural heritage. The book is equipped with an overview map and a wealth of photographic material.Publication of this book was made possible by generous gifts from Slovenian supporters of Šprajc’s expeditions: Abanka, Ars longa, Adria kombi, and National Geographic Slovenia (Rokus Klett Publishing House).
L'Amérique du Nord Demers, Maurice; Vézina, Catherien
L'Amérique du Nord,
2020
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La région nord-américaine s'affirme avec les années comme étant une des plus intégrées sur le plan commercial, sur le plan de la production et sur le plan culturel.-- L'objectif principal du ...livre "L'Amérique du Nord : une histoire des identités et des solidarités" est d'explorer l'histoire transnationale des trois partenaires nord-américains au cours des XIX e , XX e et XXI e siècles. Les réflexions proposées dans cet ouvrage permettent de voir que, si l'intégration s'avère fragile sur certains terrains, elle laisse entrevoir également des liens nord-américains beaucoup plus durables, ainsi que des contacts plutôt surprenants entre les deux voisins périphériques de l'Amérique du Nord. De la définition du territoire aux mouvements de solidarité, des migrations touristiques et culturelles au défi posé par des concurrents commerciaux, ce livre rebrasse notre compréhension du processus d'intégration de l'Amérique du Nord.
An archaeoastronomical study recently accomplished in the Maya area revealed that the architecture on the northeast coast of the Yucatán peninsula is characterized by some peculiar orientation ...trends, which we have not been able to explain in a satisfactory manner. In order to acquire additional information, in November 2015 we measured the orientations of 34 structures at 21 archaeological sites. The book presents the results of this work, as well as some analyses based on all the available data from the northeast coast. Their distribution shows that the percentage of orientations related to the Sun is notably lower than in other parts of the Maya Lowlands.
Značilen pojav, ki ga lahko opazimo v Mehiki, je ruralno urbana migracija oziroma preseljevanje ljudi s podeželja v mesta. Zadnjih nekaj let se stopnja preseljevanja avtohtonih prebivalcev v mesta na ...severu Mehike, še zlasti v Monterrey, kjer iščejo zaposlitev, nenadzorovano veča. Ko migranti prispejo v to velemesto, imajo zaradi prikrite diskriminacije težave s prilagajanjem mestnemu okolju. Glavni argument in hipoteza tega članka je, da se ti ljudje sami družbeno izolirajo in segregirajo, ker se bojijo (kulturne in rasne) diskriminacije in nasilja. Podatke za to študijo smo zbrali s pomočjo terenske raziskave, za katero smo leta 2009 in 2010 v Monterreyu intervjuvali 350 avtohtonih prebivalcev, ki so se tja priselili iz različnih krajev v Mehiki.
This monograph presents the results of a study of orientations in prehispanic architecture of western and northern Mesoamerica. Analyzing the alignment data collected with field measurements for a ...number of civic and ceremonial buildings at 21 archaeological sites, we have been able to conclude that they were largely oriented on astronomical grounds. Since the study area is extensive and culturally diverse, while the data sample is relatively small, the orientations that have been analyzed exhibit considerable variability.
This monograph presents the results of a systematic study of orientations in prehispanic architecture of two sub-areas of Mesoamerica. The alignment data for a number of civic and ceremonial ...buildings were collected with field measurements at 42 archaeological sites in the cultural regions of Oaxaca and the Gulf of Mexico.
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