MAYA HOUSEHOLDS

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MAYA HOUSEHOLDS

• Domestic Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology

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The Maya Space and Time

• Mexico (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco,
  Chiapas), Guatemala, Belice, Honduras and El
  Salvador
• Prehispanic Time Preclassic (2000 b.C-250 A.D),
  Classic (250-1000 A.D), Postclassic (1000-1500
  A.D)

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Maya household some topics

• Definition what is a household?
• Morphology how is/was it conformed?
• Functions what a household does?
• Social organization is/was there different
  status among Maya households?
• Gender how men and women relate? Which are their
  tasks? Are all women (or men) the same in the
  society?

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HOW TO KNOW MAYA HOUSEHOLDS

• Archaeology
• Iconography
• Epigraphy
• Ethnohistory
• Ethnography
• Etnoarcheology

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Maya Household Archaeology

• Monumental Archaeology
• Households and socioeconomic organization
• Epistemology, theory and methodology
• Agency, Gender/feminist Archaeology
• Scientific analysis chemistry, bone chemistry,
  paleoethnobotany, zooarchaeology
• Preservation of the sites
• Etnoarcaheological studies

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MAYA PALACES

• Royal Courts, Elite Households

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Archaeology wealth and poverty

• Architecture
• Uses of space field and house lot
• Features kitchens, garbage disposal, water
  sources, sleeping rooms
• Artifacts grinding stones, spindle whorls, flint
  and obsidian points and knives
• Ecofacts plants and animals

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Gender and agency

• Are we so androcentric?
• Anthropology and feminism
• Gender studies, gender tasks, gender performance
• Agency are Maya women passive?

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Cosmos and (at) home

• Mesoamerican Universe
• Cardinal directions the four corners of the
  Cosmos at the house and milpa
• Central points sacred tree, ball court, hearth
• In life and death

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Ethnoarchaeology an example at Siho, Yucatan

• Households morphology
• Gender roles and gender interaction
• Production and consumpion
• Recycling
• Garbage disposal

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Household 1 (Siho)

• Father
• Mother
• Single daughter
• Single daugther
• Single son
• Patrilocal Residence

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Some general remarks

• Spacial organization houselot, one or more
  houses each household
• Frequently, extended family
• Frequently, patrilocal residence
• General (but not absolute) gender division of
  labor
• Production turkeys, chickens fruit trees and
  herbs weaving.