La casa maya de Yucatán
Subtitle: surgimiento y declive de un arquetipo universal
By: Othón Baños Ramírez
Publisher: Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Mérida, Yucatán, México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9786078527892
Subjects: Mayas; Dwellings; Social life and customs; Hammocks; History; House furnishings; Maya architecture; Indians of Mexico
Description: The traditional Mayan house, conceived as such during the colonial period, is an archetype of unique and representative housing of the region that responds to the needs of families and yet its benefits and advantages still prevail over new architectural proposals. The book, product of months of research and work, is a work in which the author delves into the origins of these housing structures, whose existence prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, is an enigma. "The traditional Mayan house that we know, with its elliptical shape and high huano roofs, originates in the times of the Colony, from the records of the Conquerors nothing is mentioned, despite the peculiar shape of the structures," he said. the investigator. The Mayan house, as we know it, responded to the needs of large families, but also played an important factor in the use of hammocks to sleep in them. Before the arrival of the Spaniards the Maya slept in wooden lounge chairs; the warping of henequen hammocks made it possible for the family members to better accommodate inside the houses and the elliptical sides allowed a space to rock.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-87).
Table of contents: title: Introducción; title: PRIMERA PARTE: Surgimiento de la casa maya de Yucatán; title: Los comuneros; title: Antecedentes conceptuales; title: Breve nota teórica-metodológica; title: El modo de habitar maya antes de la hamaca; title: El henequén; title: La hamaca maya; title: Dormir en hamaca; title: Los extremos elípticos de la casa maya; title: La casa maya y el entorno rural; title: SEGUNDA PARTE: El camino inverso de la casa maya de Yucatán; title: El entorno histórico cambiante del siglo XIX; title: La reforma agraria y la comunidad maya; title: La historia reciente; title: La vivienda rural del siglo XX; title: Conclusión.