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

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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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Main Author: Foias, Antonia E.
Other Authors: Emery, Kitty F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mayas > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
Mayas > Guatemala > Peten (Dept.) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Peten (Dept.)
Guatemala > Peten (Department)
Peten (Guatemala : Dept.) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:4.9. The front terraces and stairway of Str. 8M-11.
Physical Description:1 online resource (512 pages).
ISBN:9780813042510

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