Classic Maya Polities Of The Southern Lowlands
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Author |
: Damien B. Marken |
Publisher |
: University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2015-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781457197246 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1457197243 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands by : Damien B. Marken
"Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in the southern lowlands, assessing, comparing, and interpreting the wide variation in Classic period Maya polity and city composition, development, and integration. Traditionally, discussions of Classic Maya political organization have been dominated by the debate over whether Maya polities were centralized or decentralized. With new, largely unpublished data from several recent archaeological projects, this book examines the premises, strengths, and weaknesses of these two perspectives before moving beyond this long-standing debate and into different territory.The volume examines the articulations of the various social and spatial components of Maya polity—the relationships, strategies, and practices that bound households, communities, institutions, and dynasties into enduring (or short-lived) political entities. By emphasizing the internal negotiation of polity, the contributions provide an important foundation for a more holistic understanding of how political organization functioned in the Classic period."
Author |
: Robert J. Sharer |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 986 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0804748179 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780804748179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by : Robert J. Sharer
The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded sixth edition of this standard work on the Maya people. New field discoveries, new technical advances, new successes in the decipherment of Maya writing, and new theoretical perspectives on the Maya past have made this new edition necessary.
Author |
: Gyles Iannone |
Publisher |
: University Press of Florida |
Total Pages |
: 383 |
Release |
: 2018-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813063805 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813063809 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings by : Gyles Iannone
Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and destruction of monuments and even violent death. This is the first comprehensive volume to focus on the varied responses to the failure of Classic period dynasties in the southern lowlands. The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king and the demise of the traditional institution of kingship in the early ninth century AD--a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change. A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
Author |
: Antonia E. Foias |
Publisher |
: University Press of Florida |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2013-07-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813048321 |
ISBN-13 |
: 081304832X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Maya Political Dynamics by : Antonia E. Foias
Foias argues that there is no single Maya political history, but multiple histories, no single Maya state, but multiple polities that need to be understood at the level of the lived experience of individuals. She explores the ways in which the dynamics of political power shaped the lives and landscape of the Maya and how this information can be used to look at other complex societies.
Author |
: Geoffrey E. Braswell |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 375 |
Release |
: 2022-03-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351267984 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351267981 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis 3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands by : Geoffrey E. Braswell
3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands presents the cutting-edge research of 25 authors in the fields of archaeology, biological anthropology, art history, ethnohistory, and epigraphy. Together, they explore issues central to ancient Maya identity, political history, and warfare. The Maya lowlands of Guatemala, Belize, and southeast Mexico have witnessed human occupation for at least 11,000 years, and settled life reliant on agriculture began some 3,100 years ago. From the earliest times, Maya communities expressed their shifting identities through pottery, architecture, stone tools, and other items of material culture. Although it is tempting to think of the Maya as a single unified culture, they were anything but homogeneous, and differences in identity could be expressed through violence. 3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands explores the formation of identity, its relationship to politics, and its manifestation in warfare from the earliest pottery-making villages through the late colonial period by studying the material remains and written texts of the Maya. This volume is an invaluable reference for students and scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, art historians, and anthropologists.
Author |
: Damien B. Marken |
Publisher |
: University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2015-11-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781607324133 |
ISBN-13 |
: 160732413X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands by : Damien B. Marken
Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in the southern lowlands, assessing, comparing, and interpreting the wide variation in Classic period Maya polity and city composition, development, and integration. Traditionally, discussions of Classic Maya political organization have been dominated by the debate over whether Maya polities were centralized or decentralized. With new, largely unpublished data from several recent archaeological projects, this book examines the premises, strengths, and weaknesses of these two perspectives before moving beyond this long-standing debate and into different territory. The volume examines the articulations of the various social and spatial components of Maya polity—the relationships, strategies, and practices that bound households, communities, institutions, and dynasties into enduring (or short-lived) political entities. By emphasizing the internal negotiation of polity, the contributions provide an important foundation for a more holistic understanding of how political organization functioned in the Classic period. Contributors include Francisco Estrada Belli, James L. Fitzsimmons, Sarah E. Jackson, Caleb Kestle, Brigitte Kovacevich, Allan Maca, Damien B. Marken, James Meierhoff, Timothy Murtha, Cynthia Robin, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Andrew Wyatt.
Author |
: Prudence M. Rice |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 388 |
Release |
: 2013-08-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780292757844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0292757840 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maya Political Science by : Prudence M. Rice
How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained an open question. Many debates have raged over models of centralization versus decentralization, superordinate and subordinate status—with far-flung analogies to emerging states in Europe, Asia, and Africa. But Prudence Rice asserts that neither the model of two giant "superpowers" nor that which postulates scores of small, weakly independent polities fits the accumulating body of material and cultural evidence. In this groundbreaking book, Rice builds a new model of Classic lowland Maya (AD 179-948) political organization and political geography. Using the method of direct historical analogy, she integrates ethnohistoric and ethnographic knowledge of the Colonial-period and modern Maya with archaeological, epigraphic, and iconographic data from the ancient Maya. On this basis of cultural continuity, she constructs a convincing case that the fundamental ordering principles of Classic Maya geopolitical organization were the calendar (specifically a 256-year cycle of time known as the may) and the concept of quadripartition, or the division of the cosmos into four cardinal directions. Rice also examines this new model of geopolitical organization in the Preclassic and Postclassic periods and demonstrates that it offers fresh insights into the nature of rulership, ballgame ritual, and warfare among the Classic lowland Maya.
Author |
: T. Patrick Culbert |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 1996-03-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052156445X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521564458 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis Classic Maya Political History by : T. Patrick Culbert
This book is concerned with the historical reality recorded on Classic Maya monuments of the first millennium AD, its interpretation in terms of social and political interaction within and between states, and the better understanding of Maya civilization that is emerging from a more accurate perception of the role of its ruling elites.
Author |
: John S. Henderson |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801482844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801482847 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The World of the Ancient Maya by : John S. Henderson
Theirs was one of the few complex societies to emerge in and to adapt successfully to a tropical-forest environment. Their architecture, sculpture, and painting were sophisticated and compellingly beautiful.
Author |
: Heather McKillop |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 472 |
Release |
: 2004-08-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781576076972 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1576076970 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ancient Maya by : Heather McKillop
Thanks to powerful innovations in archaeology and other types of historical research, we now have a picture of everyday life in the Mayan empire that turns the long-accepted conventional wisdom on its head. Ranging from the end of the Ice Age to the flourishing of Mayan culture in the first millennium to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, The Ancient Maya takes a fresh look at a culture that has long held the public's imagination. Originally thought to be peaceful and spiritual, the Mayans are now also known to have been worldly, bureaucratic, and violent. Debates and unanswered questions linger. Mayan expert Heather McKillop shows our current understanding of the Maya, explaining how interpretations of "dirt archaeology," hieroglyphic inscriptions, and pictorial pottery are used to reconstruct the lives of royalty, artisans, priests, and common folk. She also describes the innovative focus on the interplay of the people with their environments that has helped further unravel the mystery of the Mayans' rise and fall.