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Olmecs
- A Captivating Guide to the Earliest Known Major Ancient Civilization in Mexico
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 2 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Did you know the Olmecs might have been the first people to introduce writing? The first people who managed to elevate themselves to civilized life were the Olmecs. But they remain relatively unknown. In this new captivating history audiobook, you will discover the truth about the earliest known civilization in America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Olmecs
- De Elle en 11-12-18
- Olmecs
- A Captivating Guide to the Earliest Known Major Ancient Civilization in Mexico
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
somethings uneeded, somethings appreciated
Revisado: 08-31-23
I have read a handful of these books so far about mesoamerican cultures and all have been from an anglo/European lens. there is a lot of uneeded speculation about things. it always seems the anthropologists try to fit everything into a box from an Anglo historical lense. like if they cannot find evidence of conquering, currency/wealth, violence, government they either speculate and try to fit the culture into that mold or just give up and say things like" we have no idea what happened/what this means" " it is a mystery "... the people of olmec decent still exist.. like just go and talk to them... they will tell you. Olmecs were for very social, peaceful, and in tune with nature. community mattered. It's like it would physically harm the anthropologist to paint a culture that isn't theirs in a positive light.
I do appreciate debunking the misinformation and harmful rumors about olmecs being African or Asian. They are not and there are many ways to debunk this. rumors like this are harmful to the people who still exist in that region today and have the same features of the statues they made. to add on to that their DNA does not even match with that of an African. they are truly indigenous to that region and have been for thousands of years.
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Transcendent Wisdom of the Maya
- The Ceremonies and Symbolism of a Living Tradition
- De: Gabriela Jurosz-Landa
- Narrado por: Gabriela Jurosz-Landa
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 9
Offering an insider’s experiential account of ancient Maya spiritual wisdom and practices, initiated Maya shaman-priestess Gabriela Jurosz-Landa opens up the mysterious world of the Maya, dispelling the rampant misinformation about their beliefs and traditions, sharing the transcendent beauty of their ceremonies, and explaining the Maya understanding of time, foundational to their spiritual worldview and cosmology.
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1 out of 5 stars
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New Age spirituality not anthropology
- De Aaron en 10-14-24
- Transcendent Wisdom of the Maya
- The Ceremonies and Symbolism of a Living Tradition
- De: Gabriela Jurosz-Landa
- Narrado por: Gabriela Jurosz-Landa
Sounds about white
Revisado: 08-24-23
This anthropologist had the most extraordinary opportunity to give so much insight and wisdom from the mayan community and they fumbled completely. they didn't speak the language and used a translator some of the times. the rest of the time they "listened and observed". instead of getting details about the beliefs, ethics, Community, way of life they spend the whole book talking about their experience as a white blonde blue eyes woman who went the the ceremony of being titled a mayan shaman which is a very sacred and honorable title... typically if you get ceremonied in as a date keeper it is important you stick with the community. she took the title and lives in Connecticut now.
over all there is some information to learn about mayans who should have been the focus, not her. but it is audio book form of click bait. you have to listen for so long about her perspective as an entitled colonizer in order to get to bits and pieces of mayan culture. Would not recommend this book. history is already told through the white lense. we don't need another.
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed
- De: Edwin Barnhart, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Edwin Barnhart
- Duración: 23 h y 15 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,885
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,879
Centuries ago, Spanish conquistadors searching for gold and new lands encountered a group of independent city-states in Mesoamerica. Sophisticated beyond the Spaniards' wildest imaginings, these people were the Aztecs, the Maya, and related cultures that shared common traditions of religion, government, the arts, engineering, and trade. In many ways more advanced than European nations, these societies equaled the world's greatest civilizations of their time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Presentation and a Wonderful Narrator
- De Richard en 01-22-16
semi correct but culturally incompetent author
Revisado: 07-22-23
The book has a lot of useful and interesting information. it was a struggle to get through for the clear cultural incompetence of the author. throughout the book they will mispronounce every word, essentially pronouncing everything with an US English accent instead of the way things are supposed to be properly languaged. it's baffling to me that someone who considers themselves a scholar is incapable of correct pronunciation. simple example is something like quetzalcoatl. TL in the language is not said "tuhl" tl is a sound kind of like a "tshh". they would know this it they consulted any indigenous person in the area. clearly they didnt.
There are lots of moments in the book where they talk about paintings, sculptures, writings, and various other findings and they blatantly say they have no idea what this could mean or what something was used for or what the intention of something was. of course they wouldn't because that's what happens when you have people who are not of the culture trying to teach and write about it.
Overall a very mediocre scholar writing a very mediocre book about a culture that is not theirs. It's best to take information in this book from their word with a grain of salt.
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