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Author Foias, Antonia E

Title Ancient Maya political dynamics / Antonia E. Foias ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Maya studies
Maya studies.
Contents Introduction -- Political anthropology, archaeology, and ancient politics -- Archaeological studies of ancient politics -- Reconstructing classic Maya polities : the macro scale of political analysis -- Internal dynamics, bureaucracy, and political centralization : the middle scale of political analysis -- The flow and use of power : the micro scale of political analysis -- Conclusions : toward an archaeology of power
Summary An exploration, using research from the Maya site Motul de San Jose in Guatemala, of how political structures and dynamics have been examined by political anthropologists and archaeologists over the twentieth century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mayas -- Guatemala -- Politics and government
Mayas -- Guatemala -- History
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Antiquities
Political anthropology -- Guatemala
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities
Mayas
Mayas -- Antiquities
Mayas -- Politics and government
Political anthropology
Maya
Politik
Politische Anthropologie
Politisches System
SUBJECT Guatemala -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057628
Subject Guatemala
Guatemala
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Chase, Diane Z
Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953-
ISBN 9780813048321
081304832X