ISBN:
0-521-39210-1
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978-0-521-39210-5
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 396 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series [33]
Series Statement:
A _School of American Research Book [33]
Keywords:
Mittelamerika Indianer, präkolumbianisch, Mittelamerika
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Indianer, präkolumbianisch, Südamerika
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Maya
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Geschichte, politische
;
Politisches System
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Führer, politischer
;
Elite, politische
;
Anthropologie, politische
Abstract:
Ancient Maya civilization once flourished in the rainforests of what is today southern Mexico and Central America. It possessed the only full system of writing ever to be developed in the Americas. The pace of decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has accelerated in the last few years, and half of the inscriptions from the sites of the Classic Period (AD?250-900) have now been read. Much of the newly available information consists of historical records of the careers of Maya rulers of the time.This volume is the first to present in detail the results of decipherment and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare, and ceremonial networks on which the civilization was founded. Drawing upon important material just recently made available, they have transformed our understanding of the Maya. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction, Norman Hammond -- 2. Classic Maya Emblem Glyphs, Peter Mathews -- 3. Prehistoric polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings, Peter Mathews and Gordon R. Willey -- 4. An epigraphic history of the western Maya region, Linda Schele -- 5. Cycles of growth at Tikal, Christopher Jones -- 6. Polities in the northeast Peten, Guatemala, T. Patrick Culbert -- 7. Dynastic history and culutral evolution at Copan, Honduras, William L. Fash and David S. Stuart -- 8. Diversity and continuity in Maya civilization: Quirigua as a case study, Robert J. Sharer -- 9. Elite interaction during the Terminal Classic period: new evidence from Chichen Itza, Linnea H. Wren and Peter Schmidt -- 10. Royal visits and other intersite relationships among the Classic Maya, Linda Schele and Peter Mathews -- 11. Inside the black box: defining Maya polity, Norman Hammond -- 12. Maya elite interaction: through a glass, sideways, Norman Yoffee -- 13. Maya political history and elite interaction: a summary view, T. Patrick Culbert -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 347-378""Elite Interaction in Classi Maya Civilization" [...] the seminar was held at the School of American Research, Santa Fe, on October 20-24, 1986." (Preface)Enthält 13 Beiträge
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