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Ancient Maya political dynamics / Antonia E. Foias ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foias, Antonia E.
- Series:
- Maya studies.
- Maya studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayas--Guatemala--Politics and government.
- Mayas.
- Mayas--Guatemala--History.
- Mayas--Guatemala--Antiquities.
- Political anthropology--Guatemala.
- Political anthropology.
- Guatemala--Antiquities.
- Guatemala.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 last century.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-4648-3
- 0-8130-4832-X
- OCLC:
- 846494688
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