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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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  • Cover; Motul de San Jose; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Figures; List of Tables; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Politics and Economics: Theoretical Perspectives of the Motul de San Jose Project; 1.1. Location of Motul de San Jose; 1.2. Map of Motul de San Jose showing group names; 1.3. Survey transects in the periphery of Motul de San Jose; 1.4. Central Peten Lakes zone; 2. Lords of Windy Water: The Royal Court of Motul de San Jose in Classic Maya Inscriptions; 2.1. Ik'a' as the ancient name of Motul de San Jose; 2.2. Inscription on MTL St 1.
  • 2.1. Transcriptions of hieroglyphic inscriptions on Motul de San Jose Stela 1 and Itzan Stela 172.3. Inscriptions on monument fragments at Motul de San Jose; 2.2. Known events in the history of Ik'a' lords; 2.4. References to White Bird; 2.5. References to Tayel Chan K'inich; 2.6. Sihyaj K'awiil and Yajawte' K'inich; 2.7. K'inich Lamaw Ek' and Yeh Te' K'inich II; 2.8. Last Ik'a' lords; 2.9. Late Classic external connections of Ik'a' rulers; 2.10. References to campaigns against Motul de San Jose on Itzan St 17; 2.11. The court of Ik'a' in the inscriptions on painted vases.
  • 2.12. References to Tubal at Motul de San Jose and other sites3. Identity and Interaction: Ceramic Styles and Social History of the Ik' Polity, Guatemala; 3.1. MS1121/K1439, a Motul Group 1 vessel portraying the eighth-century Ik' ruler Yajawte' K'inich; 3.2. K5418, an Ik'-style vase; 3.1. Dates on the Ik' Pottery Corpus (Julian calendar dates); 3.3. Discriminant analysis plot of main fuzzy-derived and statistically refined groups containing vessels painted in the Ik' style; 3.2. Chemically defined groups of eighth-century Ik' painted pottery; 3.3. Fuzzy cluster mean values.
  • 3.4. Linear discriminant functions3.5. Principal components from Motul Group 2; 3.4. DPCS25, a vase excavated at Cueva de Sangre, Petexbatún region; 3.5. MS1373/K1728, a Motul Group 2 vessel; 3.6. MS0074/K5445, a Motul Group 1 vessel; 3.7. MS0179, a Motul Group 2 vessel; 3.8. DPT009, excavated at Tamarindito, Petexbatún region; 3.9. MS0651/K1599, a vase made in the Petexbatún region; 4. Architecture, Volumetrics, and Social Stratification at Motul de San Jose during the Late and Terminal Classic; 4.1. Definition of three ranks of groups based on architectural group volumetrics.
  • 4.1. List of Motul de San Jose groups, their architectural volume, rank, excavation operation, and group type4.2. Definition of group types in the Motul de San Jose zone based on architectural features and number of structures; 4.3. Close-up of Groups C and D; 4.4. Plan of excavations in Str. 8L-9 and east-west profile of interior of the south and east walls in Str. 8L-9; 4.5. Profile of looting trench in Group D's east pyramid; 4.6. Plan of excavations in Str. 8M-11; 4.7. Profile of Str. 8M-11 along east-west line A-A'; 4.8. Str. 8M-11 in its final version.