Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands Integration, Interaction, Dissolution / edited by Damien B. Marken, James L. Fitzsimmons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitzsimmons, James L.

Marken, Damien B., 1977-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Discussions of Classic Maya political organization have been dominated by debate over whether it was centralized or decentralized. This book examines the premises, strengths, and weaknesses of these two perspectives while leading a longstanding debate into new territory and providing a more complete comprehension"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

"Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in the southern lowlands, assessing, comparing, and interpreting the wide variation in Classic period Maya polity and city composition, development, and integration. Traditionally, discussions of Classic Maya political organization have been dominated by the debate over whether Maya polities were centralized or decentralized. With new, largely unpublished data from several recent archaeological projects, this book examines the premises, strengths, and weaknesses of these two perspectives before moving beyond this long-standing debate and into different territory.The volume examines the articulations of the various social and spatial components of Maya polity--the relationships, strategies, and practices that bound households, communities, institutions, and dynasties into enduring (or short-lived) political entities. By emphasizing the internal negotiation of polity, the contributions provide an important foundation for a more holistic understanding of how political organization functioned in the Classic period. Contributors include Francisco Estrada Belli, James L. Fitzsimmons, Sarah E. Jackson, Caleb Kestle, Brigitte Kovacevich, Allan Maca, Damien B. Marken, James Meierhoff, Timothy Murtha, Cynthia Robin, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Andrew Wyatt"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

1. Introducing Maya Polities: Models and Definitions

2. From the Ground Up: Household Craft Specialization and Classic Maya Polity Integration

3. Negotiated Landscapes: Comparative Regional Spatial Organization of Tikal and Caracol

4. Political Interaction: A View from the 2,000-Year History of the Farming Community of Chan

5. Conceptualizing the Spatial Dimensions of Classic Maya States: Polity and Urbanism at El Perú-Waka', Petén

6. Tomb 68-1, Copan: Deducing Polity Dynamics during the Early Classic Period and Beyond

7. La Sufricaya: A Place in Classic Maya Politics

8. The Charismatic Polity: Zapote Bobal and the Birth of Authority at Jaguar Hill

9. Governing Polities: Royal Courts and the Written Landscape of Late Classic Maya Politics

10. Ideas of City and State: Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781457197222

1457197227

9781607324133

160732413X

OCLC:

933265296