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En esta obra se abarca de manera amplia los diversos tipos de caminos que construyeron los Mayas Antiguos, especificamente los caminos pavimentados conocidos como calzadas mayas o sacbeob. Como estudio de caso se analizan once sacbeob que se localizan en los sitios de Ichmul, San Felipe y Yo'okop, ubicados en el centro de la peninsula de Yucatan. El libro se compone de una amplia investigacion bibliografica, complementada con datos obtenidos durante reconocimientos de superficie, mapas topograficos, excavaciones de pozos de prueba y excavaciones extensivas. Este trabajo plantea que las calzadas tuvieron funciones y significados especificos, las cuales se pueden conocer si se analiza a estas construcciones en conjunto con sus areas de inicio/termino y no de manera aislada. La interpretacion se realiza desde una perspectiva basada en la semantica, ademas de que se emplean conceptos de la antropologia simbolica y la teoria de la metafora para realizar las conclusiones.
This work comprehensively examines the types of roads built by the Ancient Maya, with a specific focus on the paved roads known as Maya causeways, or sacbeob. As a case study, it analyses eleven sacbeob located at the sites of Ichmul, San Felipe and Yo'okop, in the centre of the Yucatan peninsula. The analysis draws upon impressive bibliographical research, complemented by survey data, maps, test pits and extensive excavations. The author proposes that roadways have specific functions and meanings, which can be understood if these constructions are analysed in conjunction with their termini, rather than in isolation. These conclusions are reached from a perspective based on semantics, as well as on concepts drawn from symbolic anthropology and metaphor theory.
