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1 online resource (401 pages) |
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology |
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. The Ancient Maya of Mexico: Reinterpreting the Past of the Northern Maya Lowlands; Part I THE PRECLASSIC PERIOD; 2. The Origins of the Mesoamerican Ballgame: A New Perspective from the Northern Maya Lowlands; 3. The Architecture of Power and Sociopolitical Complexity in Northwestern Yucatan during the Preclassic Period; 4. Maya Political Cycling and the Story of the Kaan Polity; Part II THE EARLY AND LATE CLASSIC PERIODS |
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5. Urbanism, Architecture, and Internationalism in the Northern Lowlands during the Early Classic6. The Political and Economic Organization of Late Classic States in the Peninsular Gulf Coast: The View from Champoton, Campeche; 7. 5,000 Sites and Counting: The Inspiration of Maya Settlement Studies; Part III THE TERMINAL CLASSIC AND EARLY POSTCLASSIC PERIODS; 8. The Nunnery Quadrangle of Uxmal; 9. In the Shadow of the Pyramid: Excavations of the Great Platform of Chichen Itza; 10. Divide and Rule: Interpreting Site Perimeter Walls in the Northern Maya Lowlands and Beyond |
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Part IV THE LATE POSTCLASSIC TO HISTORICAL PERIODS11. Rain and Fertility Rituals in Postclassic Yucatan Featuring Chaak and Chak Chel; 12. Poor Mayapan; 13. Maya Collapse or Resilience? Lessons from the Spanish Conquest and the Caste War of Yucatan; Part V CONCLUSIONS; 14. Yucatan at the Crossroads; Index |
| Summary |
The archaeological sites of Mexico''s Yucatan peninsula are among the most visited ancient cities of the Americas. Archaeologists have recently made great advances in our understanding of the social and political milieu of the northern Maya lowlands. However, such advances have been under-represented in both scholarly and popular literature until now. ''The Ancient Maya of Mexico'' presents the results of new and important archaeological, epigraphic, and art historical research in the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. Ranging across the Middle Preclassic to the Modern peri |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mayas -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State) -- Antiquities
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Mayas -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State) -- Social life and customs
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Mayas -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State) -- Politics and government
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Social archaeology -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
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Antiquities
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Mayas -- Antiquities
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Mayas -- Politics and government
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Mayas -- Social life and customs
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Social archaeology
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| SUBJECT |
Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- Antiquities
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Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149423
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Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Braswell, Geoffrey E.
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| ISBN |
9781317543602 |
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1317543602 |
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9781317543596 |
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1317543599 |
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9781315728667 |
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1315728664 |
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9781317543589 |
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1317543580 |
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1908049316 |
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9781908049315 |
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9781138926776 |
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1138926779 |
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