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12. Human-Deity Relationships Conveyed through Balche’ Rituals and Resource Procurement
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Gabrielle Vail
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Potluck: Building Community and Feasting among the Middle Preclassic Maya 25
- 3. A Toast to the Earth: The Social Role of Beverages in Pre-Hispanic Maya Cave Ritual at Pacbitun, Belize 47
- 4. The Epigraphy of Ancient Maya Food and Drink 87
- 5. Plant Foodstuffs of the Ancient Maya: Agents and Matter, Medium and Message 124
- 6. Food, Friend, or Offering: Exploring the Role of Maya Dogs in the Zooarchaeological Record 161
- 7. Celebrating Sihó: The Role of Food and Foodways in the Construction of Social Identities 188
- 8. Cuisine and Feasting in the Copán and Lower Ulúa Valleys in Honduras 219
- 9. Talking Feasts: Classic Maya Commensal Politics at La Corona 243
- 10. Thinking (and Eating) Chichén Itzá: New Food Technology and Creating the Itzá State at Xuenkal 274
- 11. Faunal Foods as Indices of Commoner Wealth (or Poverty) in Rural versus Urban Houselots of the Terminal Classic and Postclassic in Northwest Yucatán 297
- 12. Human-Deity Relationships Conveyed through Balche’ Rituals and Resource Procurement 334
- 13. Conclusion: In Maya Food Studies, Who Is Maya? What Is Food? 366
- Index 380
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Potluck: Building Community and Feasting among the Middle Preclassic Maya 25
- 3. A Toast to the Earth: The Social Role of Beverages in Pre-Hispanic Maya Cave Ritual at Pacbitun, Belize 47
- 4. The Epigraphy of Ancient Maya Food and Drink 87
- 5. Plant Foodstuffs of the Ancient Maya: Agents and Matter, Medium and Message 124
- 6. Food, Friend, or Offering: Exploring the Role of Maya Dogs in the Zooarchaeological Record 161
- 7. Celebrating Sihó: The Role of Food and Foodways in the Construction of Social Identities 188
- 8. Cuisine and Feasting in the Copán and Lower Ulúa Valleys in Honduras 219
- 9. Talking Feasts: Classic Maya Commensal Politics at La Corona 243
- 10. Thinking (and Eating) Chichén Itzá: New Food Technology and Creating the Itzá State at Xuenkal 274
- 11. Faunal Foods as Indices of Commoner Wealth (or Poverty) in Rural versus Urban Houselots of the Terminal Classic and Postclassic in Northwest Yucatán 297
- 12. Human-Deity Relationships Conveyed through Balche’ Rituals and Resource Procurement 334
- 13. Conclusion: In Maya Food Studies, Who Is Maya? What Is Food? 366
- Index 380
