Classic Maya polities of the southern lowlands : integration, interaction, dissolution /

"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 Cl...

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Other Authors: Marken, Damien B., 1977- (Editor), Fitzsimmons, James L. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introducing Maya polities : models and definitions / Damien B. Marken and James L. Fitzsimmons
  • 2. From the ground up : household craft specialization and Classic Maya polity integration / Brigitte Kovacevich
  • 3. Negotiated landscapes : comparative regional spatial organization of Tikal and Caracol / Timothy Murtha
  • 4. Political interaction : a view from the 2,000-year history of the farming community of Chan / Cynthia Robin, Andrew Wyatt, James Meierhoff, and Caleb Kestle
  • 5. Conceptualizing the spatial dimensions of Classic Maya states : polity and urbanism at El Perú-Waka', Petén / Damien B. Marken
  • 6. Tomb 68-1, Copan : deducing polity dynamics during the early Classic period and beyond / Allan L. Maca
  • 7. La Sufricaya : a place in Classic Maya politics / Alexandre Tokovinine and Francisco Estrada-Belli
  • 8. The charismatic polity : Zapote Bobal and the birth of authority at Jaguar Hill / James L. Fitzsimmons
  • 9. Governing polities : royal courts and the written landscape of late Classic Maya politics / Sarah E. Jackson
  • 10. Ideas of city and state : Classic Maya polities of the Southern Lowlands / James L. Fitzsimmons and Damien B. Marken.