How Long to Read The Memory of Bones

How Long Does it Take to Read The Memory of Bones?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 2 minutes to read The Memory of Bones by Stephen D. Houston

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An analysis of the intellectual and emotional life of ancient Mesoamerican people through studies of figural works and inscriptions. All of human experience flows from bodies that feel, express emotion, and think about what such experiences mean. But is it possible for us, embodied as we are in a particular time and place, to know how people of long ago thought about the body and its experiences? In this groundbreaking book, three leading experts on the Classic Maya (ca. AD 250 to 850) marshal a vast array of evidence from Maya iconography and hieroglyphic writing, as well as archaeological findings, to argue that the Classic Maya developed an approach to the human body that we can recover and understand today. Starting with a cartography of the Maya body as depicted in imagery and texts, the authors explore how the body was replicated in portraiture; how it experienced the world through ingestion, the senses, and the emotions; how the body experienced war and sacrifice and the pain and sexuality; how words, often heaven-sent, could be embodied; and how bodies could be blurred through spirit possession. From these investigations, the authors convincingly demonstrate that the Maya conceptualized the body in varying roles, as a metaphor of time, as a gendered, sexualized being, in distinct stages of life, as an instrument of honor and dishonor, as a vehicle for communication and consumption, as an exemplification of beauty and ugliness, and as a dancer and song-maker. Their findings open a new avenue for empathetically understanding the ancient Maya as living human beings who experienced the world as we do, through the body.

How long is The Memory of Bones?

The Memory of Bones by Stephen D. Houston is 758 pages long, and a total of 195,564 words.

This makes it 256% the length of the average book. It also has 239% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Memory of Bones Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 48 minutes to read The Memory of Bones aloud.

What Reading Level is The Memory of Bones?

The Memory of Bones is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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