The Maya and their Central American neighbors : settlement patterns, architecture, hieroglyphic texts, and ceramics / edited by Geoffrey E. Braswell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braswell, Geoffrey E., editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maya pottery.

Maya architecture.

Inscriptions, Mayan.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Mayas.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Mexico.

Antiquities.

Central America--Antiquities.

Central America.

Physical Description:

xix, 437 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

The ancient Maya created one of the most studied and best-known civilizations of the Americas. Nevertheless, Maya civilization is often considered either within a vacuum, by sub-region and according to modern political borders, or with reference to the most important urban civilizations of central Mexico. Seldom if ever are the Maya and their Central American neighbors of El Salvador and Honduras considered together, despite the fact that they engaged in mutually beneficial trade, intermarried, and sometimes made war on each other. The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors seeks to fill this lacuna by presenting original research on the archaeology of the whole of the Maya area (from Yucatan to the Maya highlands of Guatemala), western Honduras, and El Salvador. With a focus on settlement pattern analyses, architectural studies, and ceramic analyses, this ground breaking book provides a broad view of this important relationship allowing readers to understand ancient perceptions about the natural and built environment, the role of power, the construction of historical narrative, trade and exchange, multi-ethnic interaction in pluralistic frontier zones, the origins of settled agricultural life, and the nature of systemic collapse.

Geoffrey E. Braswell is a Professor of Anthropology a the University of California, San Diego. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The ancient Maya and their Central American neighbors / Geoffrey E. Braswell Braswell, Geoffrey E. 1

Part I El Salvador and Honduras 23

2 Practices of spatial discourse at Quelepa / Wendy Ashmore Ashmore, Wendy 25

3 Ancient Quelepa, colonial San Miguel: shifting cultural frontiers and rogue colonialism in eastern El Salvador / Kaihryn Sampeck Sampeck, Kaihryn 56

4 Shifting fortunes and affiliations on the edge of ruin: a ceramic perspective on the Classic Maya collapse and its aftermath at Copan / Cassandra R. Bill Bill, Cassandra R. 83

Part II The highlands of Guatemala 113

5 The other Preclassic Maya: interaction, growth, and depopulation in the eastern Kaqchikel highlands / Geoffrey E. Braswell Braswell, Geoffrey E., Eugenia J. Robinson Robinson, Eugenia J. 115

6 The other Late Classic Maya: regionalization, defense, and boundaries in the central Guatemalan highlands / Eugenia J. Robinson Robinson, Eugenia J. 150

Part III The southern Maya lowlands 175

7 A tangled web: ceramic adoption in the Maya lowlands and community interaction in the early Middle Preclassic as seen in the K'awil complex from Holmul, Peten, Guatemala / Nina Neivens de Estrada Estrada, Nina Neivens de 177

8 The royal port of Cancuen and the role of long-distance exchange in the apogee of Maya civilization / Arthur A. Demarest Demarest, Arthur A. 201

9 Real/fictive lords/vessels: a list of MARI lords on the newly discovered Andrews Coffee Mug / Markus Eherl Eherl, Markus 223

Part IV The eastern periphery of Belize 243

10 The dynastic history and archaeology of Pusilha, Belize / Christian M. Prager Prager, Christian M., Beniamino Volta Volta, Beniamino, Geoffrey E. Braswell Braswell, Geoffrey E. 245

11 Follow the leader: Fine Orange pottery systems in the Maya lowlands / James J. Aimers Aimers, James J. 308

Part V Yucatan 333

12 The role and realities of popol nahs in northern Maya archaeology / George J. Bey III Bey, George J. III, Rossana May Ciau Ciau, Rossana May 335

13 Alternative narratives and missing data: refining the chronology of Chichen Itza / Beniamino Volta Volta, Beniamino, Geoffrey E. Braswell Braswell, Geoffrey E. 356

Part VI Before and beyond: a comparative perspective 403

14 Peer-polity interaction in the Norte Chico, Peru, 3000-1800 bc / Winifred Creamer Creamer, Winifred, Jonathan Haas Haas, Jonathan, Allen Rutherford Rutherford, Allen 405.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780415744867

0415744865

9780415744874

0415744873

OCLC:

857897947

Publisher Number:

99958362436