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PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)

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PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)

PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)
VHSRip | 640x472 | .MKV/AVC @ 2500 Kbps | 58mn 50s | 1.11 GiB
Audio: English AAC 160 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None
Genre: Documentary

The great Maya civilization of Central America has long intrigued archaeologists, who have investigated its economic, social, and political bases, and its mysterious collapse around 900 A.D. Until recently, archaeologists theorized that the ancient Maya peoples practiced slash-and-burn agriculture that required great tracts of forest land, and that as population grew the dwindling forest resources could no longer support the civilization. It was thought that a small, centralized, priestly elite was supported by an undifferentiated mass of people in the countryside which surrounded temple complexes. This film takes another look at older theories and recent archaeological advances, and suggests an interpretation of Maya society in which a flourishing trade in salt was complemented by a form of intensive agriculture based on artificially raised fields on swampy land. This economic base could have sustained the large population while necessitating the more elaborate social hierarchies and political structures that are suggested by recent excavations. A link between the ecological system and political power is found in stone: the water lily, carved on glyphs that symbolized the powers of the king, apparently also played a significant ecological function in the system of swamp-raised agriculture.


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Duration : 58mn 50s
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PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)

PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)

PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)

PBS - Odyssey: Maya Lords of the Jungle (1981)