ISBN:
9781607327134
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1607320630
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9781607320630
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (336 pages)
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illustrations, charts, figures, tables
Edition:
Also issued in print and PDF version
Series Statement:
Mesoamerican worlds$dfrom the Olmecs to the Danzantes
Parallel Title:
Print version Networks of Power, Political Relations in the Late Postclassic Naco Valley
Keywords:
Elite (Social sciences) Honduras
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Naco Valley
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Excavations (Archaeology) Honduras
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Naco Valley
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Mayas Antiquities
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Mayas Honduras
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Naco Valley
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Antiquities
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Mayas Honduras
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Naco Valley
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Kings and rulers
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Mayas Honduras
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Naco Valley
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Politics and government
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Mayas Kings and rulers
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Mayas Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Power (Social sciences) Honduras
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Naco Valley
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Social archaeology Honduras
;
Naco Valley
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Social archaeology
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Antiquities
Abstract:
Networks of Power reconstructs the course of political history in the poorly documented Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. 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 networks 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Also issued in print and PDF version.
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In English
URL:
View this content on Open Research Library
URL:
http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
