Reviews for Animals and the Maya in Southeast Mexico

The average rating for Animals and the Maya in Southeast Mexico based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-12 00:00:00 Clarence Crowe Professor Miller uses current anthropological modeling (the "Complex Chiefdom Model") and up to date archaeological research to try and paint a portrait of what life in the central hill country of the Land of Israel must have been like in the pre-monarchy period. Well, it's good as far as it goes, and I do feel that I learned something here. Basically, early Israelite society was agricultural, village-based and organized into a small hierarchy of "chiefdoms" and "sub-chiefdoms." Normally, I would have called them tribes and clans, but apparently you're not allowed to do that anymore. He compares his findings with the Biblical sources to see how they compare, and thus we have a overview of the "Era of the Judges." Except you're not allowed to call it that either. Ah, well. It is readily apparent that this book is a buffed-up PhD thesis, and it reads accordingly. There is enough post-structural jargon to shake a stick at. However, it is short, so your suffering is brief. I would recommend this book to students of the history and archaeology of Iron Age I Eretz Israel. Just don't expect a ripping good read.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-02 00:00:00 Wayne McGraw Livre intéressant portant sur l'histoire correspondant à la période des juges.