Motul de San José : politics, history, and economy in a classic 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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foias, Antonia E., Emery, Kitty F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012.
Colección:Maya studies.
Temas:
Mayas > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Mayas > Guatemala > Petén (Département) > Antiquités.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Guatemala > Petén (Département)
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mayas > Antiquities
Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Antiquities.
Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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 José. By presenting a coherent interdisciplinary body of archaeological and environmental data, the volume offers an intensely deep, f.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 4, 2012).
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813042510
0813042518
9780813041902
0813041902
129981848X
9781299818484

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