Ixlu : a contested Maya entrepot in Peten, Guatemala = Ixlú : un disputado entrepot Maya en Peten, Guatemala / Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice ; Spanish translation by = traducido al español por Karla Cadrona C.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, Prudence M.

Contributor:

Rice, Don S. (Don Stephen)

Museo Popol Vuh (Universidad Francisco Marroquín)

Series:

University of Pittsburgh memoirs in Latin American archaeology ; no. 23.

University of Pittsburgh memoirs in Latin American archaeology ; no. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict.

History.

Material culture.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Mayas--Commerce.

Mayas.

Politics and government.

Antiquities.

Ixlu Site (Guatemala).

Mayas--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--Antiquities.

Mayas--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--Politics and government.

Mayas--Commerce--Guatemala--Petén (Department).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Guatemala--Petén (Department).

Petén (Guatemala : Department)--Antiquities.

Petén (Guatemala : Department).

Material culture--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--History.

Ethnic conflict--Guatemala--Petén (Department)--History.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Mayas--Politics and government.

Guatemala--Ixlu Site.

Guatemala--Petén (Department).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 97 pages illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : Center for Comparative Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh, 2016.

Summary:

"A summary of the history and geopolitical role of the Maya archaeological site of Ixlu, located on Lake Peten Itza in the Peten region of Guatemala. Information from historical sources is combined with the results of archaeological fieldwork carried out between 1980 and 1998. The archaeological research carried out by the authors complements ethnohistoric accounts of the events leading up to the Spanish conquest of the Peten Itzas, which did not occur until 1697. Insight is provided into Ixlu's possible role as an entrepot in Maya trade and into conflicts between the region's rival Maya ethnopolities, the Itza and Kowoj"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Ixlu : an introduction

Embarcaderos : Ixlú as entrepôt

Early occupation : preclassic- and classic-period history and material culture

Postclassic and contact periods : structures and material culture

The postclassic and contact periods : structural groups and activities

Discussion: Ixlú's history and central Petén political geography.

Notes:

"Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781877812941

1877812943

OCLC:

942745052