Ancient Maya Political Dynamics /

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An exploration, using research from the Maya site Motul de San Jose in Guatemala, of how political structures and dynamics have been examined by political anthropologists and archaeologists over the twentieth century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foias, Antonia E.
Other Authors: Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953-, Chase, Diane Z.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politisches System
Politische Anthropologie
Politik
Maya
Political anthropology.
Mayas > Politics and government.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Mayas.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
Anthropologie politique > Guatemala.
Mayas > Guatemala > Antiquites.
Mayas > Guatemala > Histoire.
Political anthropology > Guatemala.
Mayas > Guatemala > Antiquities.
Mayas > Guatemala > History.
Mayas > Guatemala > Politics and government.
Guatemala
Guatemala.
Guatemala > Antiquites.
Guatemala > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Political anthropology, archaeology, and ancient politics
  • Archaeological studies of ancient politics
  • Reconstructing classic Maya polities : the macro scale of political analysis
  • Internal dynamics, bureaucracy, and political centralization : the middle scale of political analysis
  • The flow and use of power : the micro scale of political analysis
  • Conclusions : toward an archaeology of power.

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