Heterarchy, Political Economy, and the Ancient Maya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heterarchy, Political Economy, and the Ancient Maya write by Vernon L. Scarborough. This book was released on 2003. Heterarchy, Political Economy, and the Ancient Maya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In recent years the Three Rivers region of Belize and Guatemala has been the site of some of the most intensive archaeological research in the Maya Lowlands, providing a wealth of regional data. This volume brings together articles reporting on findings and interpretations of the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project that range over a 10- to 12-year period and that shed new light on how ecology, economy, and political order developed in the ancient past.".
Ancient Maya Political Economies
Ancient Maya Political Economies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Maya Political Economies write by Marilyn A. Masson. This book was released on 2002. Ancient Maya Political Economies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Using models originally developed by William L. Rathje, the authors explore core-periphery relations, the use of household analysis to reconstruct political economy, and evidence for market development. In doing so, they challenge the conventional wisdom of decentralized Maya political authority and replace it with a more complex view of the political economic foundations of Maya civilization.
The Technology of Maya Civilization
The Technology of Maya Civilization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Technology of Maya Civilization write by Zachary X. Hruby. This book was released on 2014-10-14. The Technology of Maya Civilization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape and were central to warfare and hunting, craft activities, cooking, and ritual performance. 'The Technology of Maya Civilization' examines Maya lithic artefacts made of chert, obsidian, silicified limestone, and jade to explore the relationship between ancient civilizations and natural resources. The volume presents case studies of archaeological sites in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The analysis draws on innovative anthropological theory to argue that stone artefacts were not merely cultural products but tools that reproduced, modified, and created the fabric of society.
Motul de San José
Motul de San José - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motul de San José write by Antonia E Foias. This book was released on 2012-09-23. Motul de San José available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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, focused investigation of the various models of the ancient Maya political and economic systems. Research conducted over six seasons of fieldwork reveals a more centralized political system than expected and uncovers the workings of the ancient economic structure. The contributors offer new details concerning how involved royals and nonroyal elites were in the politics of nearby states, as well as an extensive tribute system.
Motul de San José
Motul de San José - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motul de San José write by Antonia E. Foias. This book was released on 2012. Motul de San José available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This volume is the first of its kind. A complex mosaic of how a relatively small Late Classic Maya polity was economically, socially, and politically organized. A must-read for all Maya scholars."--James F. Garber, editor of "The Ancient Maya of the Belize Valley" "The editors have assembled a remarkable array of evidence, including several innovative analytical methods. The product is a synthetic model that will shape how we understand and study Classic Maya political economy for the next several decades."--Jason Yaeger, editor of "Classic Maya Provincial Politics" 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 investigation of the various models of the ancient Maya political and economic systems. Research conducted over six seasons of fieldwork reveals a more centralized political system than expected and uncovers the workings of the ancient economic structure. The contributors offer new details concerning how involved royals and nonroyal elites were in the politics of nearby states, as well as an extensive tribute system. Antonia E. Foias is professor of anthropology at Williams College. Kitty F. Emery is associate curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History and associate professor at the University of Florida."" "A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase"
