Settlement archaeology at Quirigua, Guatemala / Wendy Ashmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashmore, Wendy, 1948-2019.

Contributor:

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Series:

Museum Monograph Series

Quirigua reports ; v. 4

University Museum monograph ; 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Guatemala--Izabal (Department)--Antiquities.

Mayas.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Guatemala--Izabal (Department).

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Guatemala--Izabal (Department).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Quiriguá Site (Guatemala)--Antiquities.

Quiriguá Site (Guatemala).

Izabal (Guatemala : Department)--Antiquities.

Izabal (Guatemala : Department).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph reports the results of the Quiriguá Project Site Periphery Program, five seasons (1975-1979) of archaeological survey and excavation in the 96 km2 immediately adjoining the classic Maya site of Quiriguá. Ashmore identifies and helps us understand where and how the people of Quiriguá lived. She presents detailed material evidence in two data catalogues, for the floodplain settlement adjoining Quiriguá and for sites in the wider periphery. The work situates Quiriguá settlement firmly in a regional context, benefiting from the extraordinary abundance of information amassed in southeastern Mesoamerica since 1979. It sheds new light on the political, economic, and social dynamics of the region including the sometimes-fractious interactions between Quiriguá, its overlords at Copan, and people elsewhere in the Lower Motagua Valley and beyond.Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376582.University Museum Monograph, 126

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Plates

Figures

Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments

Part 1

1. Introduction

2. Setting and Methodology

3. The Site Periphery Settlement Sample

4. Occupation History at Quiriguá

5. Quiriguá Demography and Land Use

6. Social Distinctions and Integration

7. Socially and Symbolically Constituted Space

8. Conclusions

Endnotes

Part 2

Quiriguá Floodplain Periphery

Part 3

References Cited

Index

Additional Illustrations & Tables

Contents

Part 1 Figures

Part 2 Figures

Tables Parts 1 and 2

Part 3: Quiriguá Wider Periphery

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-350) and index.

ISBN:

9781934536414

1934536415

OCLC:

859161759