ISBN:
9781607320623
,
1607320630
,
1607320622
,
9781607320630
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 277 pages)
Series Statement:
Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
Series Statement:
Mesoamerican worlds
Series Statement:
from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
Parallel Title:
Print version Schortman, Edward M Networks of power
Keywords:
Mayas Politics and government
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Mayas Antiquities
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Power (Social sciences)
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Elite (Social sciences)
;
Excavations (Archaeology)
;
Social archaeology
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Mayas Kings and rulers
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Mayas
;
Mayas
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Excavations (Archaeology)
;
Social archaeology
;
Mayas
;
HISTORY
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Antiquities
;
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Excavations (Archaeology)
;
Mayas ; Antiquities
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Mayas ; Kings and rulers
;
Mayas ; Politics and government
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Social archaeology
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Honduras ; Naco Valley
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Naco Valley (Honduras) Antiquities
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Naco Valley (Honduras)
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Electronic book
Abstract:
Describing the material and behavioral patterns pertaining to the Late Postclassic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of northwestern Honduras, the book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on network of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages
Abstract:
Describing the material and behavioral patterns pertaining to the Late Postclassic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of northwestern Honduras, the book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on network of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages
Abstract:
Little is known about how Late Postclassic populations in southeast Mesoamerica organized their political relations. Networks of Power fills gaps in the knowledge of this little-studied area, reconstructing the course of political history in the Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries
Abstract:
Networks of Power describes who was involved in these competitions and in which network drew participated; what resources were mustered within these webs; which projects were fueled by these assets; and how, and to what extent, they contributed to the achievement of political aims. --Book Jacket
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index
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