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Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Guatemala--Peten (Department).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Archaeology and history--Guatemala--Peten (Department).
- Archaeology and history.
- Itza Indians--Guatemala--Peten (Department)--Antiquities.
- Itza Indians.
- Petén (Guatemala : Department)--Antiquities.
- Petén (Guatemala : Department).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (477 pages) : illustrations, tables
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
- Summary:
- "A detailed and thorough account of the Itzas--a Maya group that dominated much of the west lowland area of Peten, Guatemala. A theoretical perspective on the origins and an overview of the social, political, linguistic, and environmental history revealed in recent surveys and excavations"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- The Inevitable Note on Orthography
- Acknowledgments
- Cultural and Environmental Perspectives
- Introduction
- Itzaj Maya from a Historic al Perspective
- The Lake Peten Itza Watershed
- Theoretic al Perspectives on the Epic lassic Itzas
- Theoretic al Contexts
- Itza Origins
- Lowland Maya Epic lassic Migrations
- Epic lassic Material Perspectives on the Itzas
- Spanish Perspectives
- Spanish Contacts and Conquest of Tayza
- Deconstructing Avendano
- Knowing the Other
- Material Perspectives
- Postclassic Pottery and Identities
- Postclassic Architectural Traditions and the Peten Itzas
- Small Projectile Points of Peten
- Perspectives on Tayza/Flores
- Flores Island, La Perla Itzalana
- Historic al Perspectives on Tayza/Flores
- The Archaeology of Tayza
- Styles and Motifs
- Perspectives on Perspectives on the Peten Itzas
- Who Were the Peten Itzas?
- Appendix
- References Cited
- About the Authors
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607326687
- 160732668X
- OCLC:
- 1041049525
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