PDF Ebook Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: A Biography, by Ian Graham

PDF Ebook Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: A Biography, by Ian Graham

Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: A Biography, by Ian Graham

PDF Ebook Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: A Biography, by Ian Graham

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Ian Graham is the author of Archaeological Explorations in El Peten, Guatemala. He has spent over forty years exploring the Maya area. Graham is the Director of the Maya Corpus Program, which he inaugurated in 1975 at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

Produktinformation

Gebundene Ausgabe: 323 Seiten

Verlag: JOHN S HOCKENSMITH; Auflage: Univ of Oklahom (31. Dezember 2002)

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN-10: 080613450X

ISBN-13: 978-0806134505

Größe und/oder Gewicht:

15,2 x 2,5 x 22,9 cm

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Ian Graham's intelligent and accessible biography of the great Mayanist Alfred Maudslay is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of archaeology in the Maya region. Graham helps you see the difficulty and cost, both financial and personal, that this kind of obsession creates, making Maudslay's work that much more compelling. The only downside (smile) to reading this book is that you may be forced (forced!) as I was, to find a decent and expensive copy of the Maudslay archaeology volumes of Biologia Centrali-Americana, which becomes a must-have, once you've read Graham.

I bought this book because of my long-standing interest in the ancient Maya. I found it to be very informative and to provide, expectably, interesting insights into Maudslay the man as well as his archaeological exploits. The biographer, as he notes, is somewhat handicapped in writing Maudslay's life, because M. kept no diaries. M. wrote retrospectively about his prior adventures in the South Pacific, and later a book about Guatemalan experiences with his wife, from which writing the biographer obtained much material. The author incorporates an excess of perhaps interesting but tangential and essentially extraneous matter about the pre-Maudslay histories of South Seas islanders and about the family history of M.'s eventual wife.From the revelations of this biography, my own estimation of Maudsley is somewhat reduced (from what had been a rather naively exalted image): M.'s initiative, intrepidness, hardihood, and perseverance under very adverse conditions are not to be denied; and he spent a large share of his inherited personal fortune to fund exploration and preparation of accurate drawings for publication; but a very great deal of "his" work at Mayan ruins was in fact delegated to and performed by people whose skills at various essential and technical tasks were superior to his own, and who receive scant share of latter-day renown. Of course, we might here simply applaud M. for good management skills.

A long overdue biography of the great mayanist traveller, explorer and early archaeologist. Graham does a good job of weaving together information from personal interviews, letters, journals and notes. I found it a highly readable and informative account of his life and accomplishments. It lends a human touch to a name which comes up over and over in reading on the ancient Maya. It also provides a fascinating early travelogue of central america 50 years after Stephens and Catherwood. Graham has a keen appreciation of the challenges Maudslay faced in his self appointed task of recording as many mayan monuments and inscriptions as he could, a career path which indeed echoes his own.

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