LEADER 04407nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910954906303321 005 20240417045948.0 010 $a1-299-19138-X 010 $a0-8165-0126-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041450 035 $a(OCoLC)747413923 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10485540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369646 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10559723 035 $a(PQKB)10006592 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411729 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12484 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10485540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL450388 035 $a(OCoLC)923438005 035 $a(BIP)46500579 035 $a(BIP)32506643 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041450 100 $a20101104d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe life-giving stone $eethnoarchaeology of Maya metates /$fMichael T. Searcy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTucson $cUniversity of Arizona Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8165-2909-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe cultural landscape of the highland Maya of Guatemala -- Modern metate production -- Modern patterns of acquisition, use, discard, and reuse -- Archaeological implications. 330 $aIn "The Life-Giving Stone," Michael Searcy provides a thought-provoking ethnoarchaeological account of metate and mano manufacture, marketing, and use among Guatemalan Maya for whom these stone implements are still essential equipment in everyday life and diet. Although many archaeologists have regarded these artifacts simply as common everyday tools and therefore unremarkable, Searcy's methodology reveals how, for the ancient Maya, the manufacture and use of grinding stones significantly impacted their physical and economic welfare. In tracing the life cycle of these tools from production to discard for the modern Maya, Searcy discovers rich customs and traditions that indicate how metates and manos have continued to sustain life--not just literally, in terms of food, but also in terms of culture. His research is based on two years of fieldwork among three Mayan groups, in which he documented behaviors associated with these tools during their procurement, production, acquisition, use, discard, and re-use. Searcy's investigation documents traditional practices that are rapidly being lost or dramatically modified. In few instances will it be possible in the future to observe metates and manos as central elements in household provisioning or follow their path from hand-manufacture to market distribution and to intergenerational transmission. In this careful inquiry into the cultural significance of a simple tool, Searcy's ethnographic observations are guided both by an interest in how grinding stone traditions have persisted and how they are changing today, and by the goal of enhancing the archaeological interpretation of these stones, which were so fundamental to pre-Hispanic agriculturalists with corn-based cuisines. 606 $aMayas$xImplements$zGuatemala$zSan Luis Jilotepeque 606 $aMayas$xImplements$zGuatemala$zIxtahuaca?n 606 $aMayas$xIndustries$zGuatemala$zSan Luis Jilotepeque 606 $aMayas$xIndustries$zGuatemala$zIxtahuaca?n 606 $aMetates$zGuatemala$zSan Luis Jilotepeque 606 $aMetates$zGuatemala$zIxtahuaca?n 606 $aMetate industry$zGuatemala$zSan Luis Jilotepeque 606 $aMetate industry$zGuatemala$zIxtahuaca?n 607 $aSan Luis Jilotepeque (Guatemala)$xSocial life and customs 607 $aIxtahuaca?n (Guatemala)$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aMayas$xImplements 615 0$aMayas$xImplements 615 0$aMayas$xIndustries 615 0$aMayas$xIndustries 615 0$aMetates 615 0$aMetates 615 0$aMetate industry 615 0$aMetate industry 676 $a664/.024 700 $aSearcy$b Michael T$g(Michael Taylor),$f1976-$01819916 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954906303321 996 $aThe life-giving stone$94380907 997 $aUNINA