A forest of history : the Maya after the emergence of divine kingship / edited by Travis W. Stanton, M. Kathryn Brown.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Stanton, Travis W., 1971- editor.
• Brown, M. Kathryn, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mayas--History.
• Mayas--Kings and rulers.
• Mayas--Antiquities.
• Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
• Caracol Site (Belize)--Antiquities.
• Tikal Site (Guatemala)--Antiquities.
• Schele, Linda. Forest of kings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2020]

Summary:

"Essays that critically engage with and build upon previous contributions made to Maya epigraphy, iconography, material culture, and history. Cutting-edge research on the social changes leading up to the spread of divine kinship across the lowlands in the first part of the Early Classic"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• See the forest for the trees : an introduction to the volume / Travis W. Stanton and M. Kathryn Brown
• "Terminal" termination rituals and the felling of A forest of kings : past struggles and recent triumphs of the core concepts of a seminal work / Arthur A. Demarest
• The materialization of Classic period Maya warfare : Caracol stranger-kings at Tikal / Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
• Maya usurpers / Joyce Marcus
• Forest of queens : the legacy of royal Calakmul women at El Perú-Waka's central civic-ceremonial temple / Olivia C. Navarro-Farr, Griselda Pérez Robles, Damaris Menéndez, and Juan Carlos Pérez Calderón
• Statecraft in the City of the Centipede : burials 39, 38, and internal alliance building at El Perú-Waka', Guatemala / Michelle Rich and Keith Eppich
• Revisiting Bird Jaguar and the Sajal of the Yaxchilán Kingdom / Charles W. Golden and Andrew K. Scherer
• Macaw Mountain and ancient peoples of Southeast Mesoamerica / Wendy Ashmore
• Borderland politics : a reconsideration of the role of Yaxuná in regional Maya politics in the latter part of the Classic / Travis W. Stanton, Aline Magnoni, Stanley P. Guenter, José Osorio León, and Francisco Pérez Ruíz
• In search of paradise : religion and cultural exchange in Early Postclassic Mesoamerica / Karl A. Taube
• Empire at Chichén Itzá revisited / Annabeth Headrick
• Closing the portal at Itzmal Ch'en : effigy censers and termination rituals at a Mayapán ceremonial group / Marilyn A. Masson, Wilberth Cruz Alvarado, Carlos Peraza Lope, and Susan Milbrath
• On Copán Stela 11 and the origins of the ill omen of Katun 8 Ahau / Stanley P. Guenter
• Into the woods : archaeology, epigraphy, and iconography in Classic Maya studies / David A. Freidel.

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9781646420469
• 1646420462