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Motul de San José : Politics, History, and Economy in a Maya Polity

Scholars have long debated the nature of Maya political organization during the Classic period (AD 250-950). Complex questions regarding political centralization, economic change, and the role of politics and economics in the rise and collapse of the civilization have been examined and reexamined fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Foias, Antonia E.
Otros Autores: Emery, Kitty F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Scholars have long debated the nature of Maya political organization during the Classic period (AD 250-950). Complex questions regarding political centralization, economic change, and the role of politics and economics in the rise and collapse of the civilization have been examined and reexamined from a variety of perspectives. Antonia Foias and Kitty Emery have assembled a broad collection of essays all focused on a single polity, that of Motul de San Jose. By presenting a coherent interdisciplinary body of archaeological and environmental data, the volume offers an intensely deep, focused.
Notas:4.9. The front terraces and stairway of Str. 8M-11.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (512 pages).
ISBN:9780813042510