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1 online resource (x, 169 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
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Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index. |
| Contents |
Public architecture, ritual, and temporal dynamics -- The spatial arrangement of a Maya city -- Diversity of power and authority in a Maya city -- Agriculture as Blue Creek's economic base -- The importance of trade and commerce at Blue Creek -- Power and authority at Blue Creek -- Addressing some large and small issues. |
| Summary |
For two millennia, the site now known as Blue Creek in northwestern Belize was a Maya community that became an economic and political center that included some 15,000-20,000 people at its height. Fairly well protected from human destruction, the site offers the full range of city components including monumental ceremonial structures, elite and non-elite residences, ditched agricultural fields, and residential clusters just outside the core. Since 1992, a multi-disciplinary, multi-national research team has intensively investigated Blue Creek in an integrated study of the dynamic structure and. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blue Creek Ruin (Belize)
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Urban Mayas -- Hondo River Region (Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize)
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Urban Mayas. |
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Mayas -- Hondo River Region (Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize) -- Antiquities.
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Mayas. |
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Antiquities. |
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Maya architecture -- Hondo River Region (Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize)
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Maya architecture. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Hondo River Region (Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize)
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Hondo River Region (Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize)
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Guderjan, Thomas H. Nature of an ancient Maya city. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817354268 0817354263 (DLC) 2007015863 (OCoLC)123766920 |
| ISBN |
9780817381929 (electronic book) |
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0817381929 (electronic book) |
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9780817354268 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0817354263 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817315658 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817315659 (alkaline paper) |
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