{"product_id":"everyday-life-matters-cynthia-robin-9780813044996","title":"Everyday Life Matters: Maya Farmers at Chan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the study of ancient civilizations most often focuses on temples and royal tombs, a substantial part of the archaeological record remains hidden in the understudied day-to-day lives of artisans, farmers, hunters, and other ordinary people of the ancient world. Various chores completed during the course of a person's daily life, though at first glance trivial, have a powerful impact on society as a whole. \u003ci\u003eEveryday Life Matters\u003c\/i\u003e develops general methods and theories for studying the applications of everyday life in archaeology, anthropology, and a wide range of related disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining the two-thousand-year history (800 B.C.-A.D. 1200) of the ancient farming community of Chan in Belize, Cynthia Robin's ground-breaking work explains why the average person should matter to archaeologists studying larger societal patterns. Robin argues that the impact of the mundane can be substantial, so much so that the study of a polity without regard to its citizenry is incomplete. Refocusing attention away from the Maya elite and offering critical analysis of daily life elucidated by anthropological theory, Robin engages us to consider the larger implications of the commonplace and to rethink the constitution of human societies by ordinary people living routine lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Robin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813044995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813044996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.34w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/29\/2013 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014","brand":"Cynthia Robin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47611008123135,"sku":"9780813044996","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2f780f8-3ff4-474a-ae9e-e505123e801e.jpg?v=1764511116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everyday-life-matters-cynthia-robin-9780813044996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}