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Title The Kowoj : identity, migration, and geopolitics in late postclassic Petén, Guatemala / edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice.

Publication Info. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
Mesoamerican worlds.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-438) and index.
Contents Introduction to the Kowoj and Their Peten Neighbors / Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice -- The Kowoj in Geopolitico-Ritual Perspective / Prudence M. Rice -- The Kowoj in Ethnohistorical Perspective / Grant D. Jones -- The Linguistic Context of the Kowoj / Charles Andrew Hofling -- Zacpetin and the Kowoj : Field Methods and Chronologies / Timothy W. Pugh and Prudence M. Rice -- Defensive Architecture and the Context of Warfare at Zacpetén / Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice, Timothy W. Pugh, and Rdmulo Sanchez Polo -- Kowoj Ritual Performance and Societal Representations at Zacpetén / Timothy W. Pugh and Prudence M. Rice -- Residential and Domestic Contexts at Zacpeten / Timothy W. Pugh -- Zacpetén Group 719, the Last Noble Residence / Timothy W. Pugh, Prudence M. Rice, and Leslie G. Cecil -- Technological Styles of Slipped Pottery and Kowoj Identity / Leslie G. Cecil -- The Iconography and Decorative Programs of Kowoj Pottery / Prudence M. Rice and Leslie G. Cecil -- Incense Burners and Other Ritual Ceramics / Prudence M. Rice -- The Symbolism of Zacpeten Altar 1 / David Stuart -- Postclassic Trade : Sources of Obsidian at Zacpetén / Prudence M. Rice and Leslie G. Cecil -- The Bioarchaeology of Ritual Violence at Zacpetén / William N. Duncan -- The Kowoj and the Lacandon : Migrations and Identities / Timothy W. Pugh -- Summary and Concluding Remarks : The Kowoj through a Glass, Darkly / Prudence M. Rice.
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Subject Kowoj Indians -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department) -- History.
Kowoj Indians.
Guatemala -- Petén (Department)
History.
Kowoj Indians -- Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity.
Kowoj Indians -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Zacpetén Site (Guatemala)
Indian pottery -- Guatemala -- Zacpetén Site.
Indian pottery.
Guatemala -- Zacpetén Site.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala -- Zacpetén Site.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Petén (Guatemala : Department) -- Antiquities.
Ethnology -- Guatemala -- Petén (Department)
Ethnology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rice, Prudence M.
Rice, Don S. (Don Stephen)
Added Title Identity, migration, and geopolitics in late postclassic Petén, Guatemala
Other Form: Print version: Kowoj. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2009 9780870819308 (DLC) 2008048209 (OCoLC)225875268
ISBN 9780870819872 (electronic book)
0870819879 (electronic book)
9780870819308 (alkaline paper)
0870819305 (alkaline paper)