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Title The Kowoj : identity, migration, and geopolitics in late postclassic Petén, Guatemala / edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
Mesoamerican worlds.
Contents Introduction to the Kowoj and Their Peten Neighbors / Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice -- The Kowoj in Geopolitico-Ritual Perspective / Prudence M. Rice -- The Kowoj in Ethnohistorical Perspective / Grant D. Jones -- The Linguistic Context of the Kowoj / Charles Andrew Hofling -- Zacpetin and the Kowoj : Field Methods and Chronologies / Timothy W. Pugh and Prudence M. Rice -- Defensive Architecture and the Context of Warfare at Zacpetén / Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice, Timothy W. Pugh, and Rdmulo Sanchez Polo -- Kowoj Ritual Performance and Societal Representations at Zacpetén / Timothy W. Pugh and Prudence M. Rice -- Residential and Domestic Contexts at Zacpeten / Timothy W. Pugh -- Zacpetén Group 719, the Last Noble Residence / Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice, and Leslie G. Cecil -- Technological Styles of Slipped Pottery and Kowoj Identity / Leslie G. Cecil -- The Iconography and Decorative Programs of Kowoj Pottery / Prudence M. Rice and Leslie G. Cecil -- Incense Burners and Other Ritual Ceramics / Prudence M. Rice -- The Symbolism of Zacpeten Altar 1 / David Stuart -- Postclassic Trade : Sources of Obsidian at Zacpetén / Prudence M. Rice and Leslie G. Cecil -- The Bioarchaeology of Ritual Violence at Zacpetén / William N. Duncan -- The Kowoj and the Lacandon : Migrations and Identities / Timothy W. Pugh -- Summary and Concluding Remarks : The Kowoj through a Glass, Darkly / Prudence M. Rice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-438) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kowoj Indians -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department) -- History
Kowoj Indians -- Ethnic identity
Kowoj Indians -- Antiquities
Indian pottery -- Guatemala -- Zacpetén Site
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala -- Zacpetén Site
Ethnology -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department)
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Antiquities
Ethnology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indian pottery
Kowoj Indians
SUBJECT Zacpetén Site (Guatemala) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008009191
Petén (Guatemala : Department) -- Antiquities
Subject Guatemala -- Petén (Department)
Guatemala -- Zacpetén Site
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Rice, Prudence M.
Rice, Don S. (Don Stephen)
ISBN 9780870819872
0870819879
Other Titles Identity, migration, and geopolitics in late postclassic Petén, Guatemala