The Kowoj : identity, migration, and geopolitics in late postclassic Petén, Guatemala / edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rice, Prudence M.

Rice, Don S. (Don Stephen)

Series:

Mesoamerican worlds

Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kowoj Indians--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--History.

Kowoj Indians.

Kowoj Indians--Ethnic identity.

Kowoj Indians--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Indian pottery.

Antiquities.

Ethnicity.

History.

Zacpetén Site (Guatemala).

Indian pottery--Guatemala--Zacpetén Site.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Guatemala--Zacpetén Site.

Petén (Guatemala : Department)--Antiquities.

Petén (Guatemala : Department).

Ethnology--Guatemala--Petén (Department).

Ethnology.

Guatemala--Petén (Department).

Guatemala--Zacpetén Site.

Physical Description:

xix, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2009]

Contents:

Part I Introduction to the Postclassic- and Contact-Period Kowoj / Prudence M. Rice 1

1 Introduction to the Kowoj and Their Peten Neighbors / Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice 3

Part II Who Were the Kowoj? / Prudence M. Rice 17

2 The Kowoj in Geopolitico-Ritual Perspective / Prudence M. Rice 21

3 The Kowoj in Ethnohistorical Perspective / Grant D. Jones 55

4 The Linguistic Context of the Kowoj / Charles Andrew Hofling 70

Part III The Archaeology of the Kowoj: Settlement and Architecture at Zacpeten / Prudence M. Rice 81

5 Zacpeten and the Kowoj: Field Methods and Chronologies / Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice 85

6 Defensive Architecture and the Context of Warfare at Zacpeten / Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice, Timothy W. Pugh, Romulo Sanchez Polo 123

7 Kowoj Ritual Performance and Societal Representations at Zacpeten / Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice 141

8 Residential and Domestic Contexts at Zacpeten / Timothy W. Pugh 173

9 Zacpeten Group 719, the Last Noble Residence / Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice, Leslie G. Cecil 192

Part IV The Archaeology of the Kowoj: Pottery and Kowoj Identity / Prudence M. Rice 217

10 Technological Styles of Slipped Pottery and Kowoj Identity / Leslie G. Cecil 221

11 The Iconography and Decorative Programs of Kowoj Pottery / Prudence M. Rice, Leslie G. Cecil 238

12 Incense Burners and Other Ritual Ceramics / Prudence M. Rice 276

Part V Additional Perspectives on the Kowoj / Prudence M. Rice 313

13 The Symbolism of Zacpeten Altar 1 / David Stuart 317

14 Postclassic Trade: Sources of Obsidian at Zacpete&n / Prudence M. Rice, Leslie G. Cecil 327

15 The Bioarchaeology of Ritual Violence at Zacpeten / William N. Duncan 340

16 The Kowoj and the Lacandon: Migrations and Identities / Timothy W. Pugh 368

Part VI Conclusions 385

17 Summary and Concluding Remarks: The Kowoj through a Glass, Darkly / Prudence M. Rice 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-438) and index.

ISBN:

9780870819308

0870819305

OCLC:

225875268