Warunki naturalne wymogły na Majach wypracowanie zaawansowanych technik gromadzenia i przechowywania wody. Organizowanie wielkich inwestycji było ściśle powiązane z władzą królewską. Władcy zaś legitymizowali swoją władzę poprzez wcielanie się w rolę dawców wody za pomocą wodnej symboliki i rozbudowanych rytuałów związanych z wątkami mitologicznymi związanymi z wodą. Praca oferuje właśnie taką interpretację rynny odkrytej przez polskich archeologów w Nakum w 2006 roku.Due to environmental conditions in which they lived, ancient Maya developed advanced and sophisticated water management techniques. Water imagery and ritual associations were an important part of political legitimization of mayan rulers. Such rituals might have been a reason, ...
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands...
Many areas of the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. The water crisis is a wide...
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands...
Maya cities are known to have managed water; their existence in areas prone to seasons of excessive ...
Water is an important key to understand Maya society, especially water availability within a context...
Water is an important key to understand Maya society, especially water availability within a context...
The presence of fresh water is inviting for any civilization, but for the Maya, it was symbolic as w...
The presence of fresh water is inviting for any civilization, but for the Maya, it was symbolic as w...
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraul...
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraul...
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraul...
The water management approach at the ancient Maya city, Minanha in Belize Central America, was exami...
In the lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula and neighboring coastal regions where the Maya settled, muc...
Ze wszystkich wytworów kultury starożytnych Majów najbardziej imponująca i najbardziej poznana jest ...
Many areas of the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. The water crisis is a wide...
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands...
Many areas of the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. The water crisis is a wide...
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands...
Maya cities are known to have managed water; their existence in areas prone to seasons of excessive ...
Water is an important key to understand Maya society, especially water availability within a context...
Water is an important key to understand Maya society, especially water availability within a context...
The presence of fresh water is inviting for any civilization, but for the Maya, it was symbolic as w...
The presence of fresh water is inviting for any civilization, but for the Maya, it was symbolic as w...
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraul...
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraul...
The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraul...
The water management approach at the ancient Maya city, Minanha in Belize Central America, was exami...
In the lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula and neighboring coastal regions where the Maya settled, muc...
Ze wszystkich wytworów kultury starożytnych Majów najbardziej imponująca i najbardziej poznana jest ...
Many areas of the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. The water crisis is a wide...
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands...
Many areas of the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. The water crisis is a wide...
Water is an essential resource for human life. Even in the tropical environment of the Maya Lowlands...