Ritual, violence, and the fall of the classic Maya kings / edited by Gyles Iannone, Brett A. Houk, and Sonja A. Schwake.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iannone, Gyles, editor.

Houk, Brett A. (Brett Alan), 1967- editor.

Schwake, Sonja A., editor.

Series:

Maya studies.

Maya studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Kings and rulers.

Mayas.

Mayas--Politics and government.

Mayas--Social conditions.

Ritual--Mexico--History.

Ritual.

Ritual--Central America--History.

Violence--Mexico--History.

Violence.

Violence--Central America--History.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Central America--Antiquities.

Indians of Central America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations, map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]

Summary:

This volume explores the links between the declining prosperity of the Late to Terminal Classic period and the erosion of kingly legitimacy. Exploring issues such as the rise of inflation, greater demand of tax and tribute, deforestation due to over-population, and drought conditions, the essayists examine what happens to a society when the king, who should be appeasing the gods, is seen as the problem.

Contents:

Foreword / Christopher C. Taylor

Introduction / Gyles Iannone, Brett A. Houk, and Sonja A. Schwake

Cross-cultural perspectives on the scapegoat king: the anatomy of a model / Gyles Iannone

Killing the "Kings of Stone": the defacement of classic Maya monuments / Eleanor Harrison-Buck

Concepts of legitimacy and social dynamics: termination ritual and the last king of Aguateca, Guatemala / Takeshi Inomata

The life and afterlife of the classic period Piedras Negras Kingdom / Charles Golden, Andrew K. Scherer, Melanie Kingsley, Stephen D. Houston, and Héctor Escobedo

Destruction events and political truncation at the little kingdom of Minanha, Belize / Sonja A. Schwake and Gyles Iannone

The collapses in the West and the violent ritual termination of the classic Maya capital center of Cancuen: causes and consequences / Arthur A. Demarest, Claudia Quintanilla, and José Samuel Suasnavar

Social-political manifestations of the terminal classic: Colha, Northern Belize as a case study

Palma J. Buttles and Fred Valdez Jr

Signs of the times: terminal classic surface deposits and the fates of Maya kingdoms in Northwestern Belize / Brett A. Houk

Events and processes leading to the abandonment of the Maya city of Blue Creek, Belize / Thomas H. Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty

Dynamic transitions at El Perú-Wakaʹ: late terminal classic ritual repurposing of a monumental shrine / Olivia C. Navarro-Farr

Lords of the life force and their people: reflections on ritual violence and reverence in the Maya Archaeological record / David Freidel.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-6380-9

0-8130-5117-7

0-8130-5577-6

OCLC:

964563600