| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Maya studies
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Maya studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-338) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Christopher C. Taylor -- Introduction / Gyles Iannone, Brett A. Houk, and Sonja A. Schwake -- Cross-cultural perspectives on the scapegoat king: the anatomy of a model / Gyles Iannone -- Killing the "Kings of Stone": the defacement of classic Maya monuments / Eleanor Harrison-Buck -- Concepts of legitimacy and social dynamics: termination ritual and the last king of Aguateca, Guatemala / Takeshi Inomata -- The life and afterlife of the classic period Piedras Negras Kingdom / Charles Golden, Andrew K. Scherer, Melanie Kingsley, Stephen D. Houston, and Héctor Escobedo -- Destruction events and political truncation at the little kingdom of Minanha, Belize / Sonja A. Schwake and Gyles Iannone -- The collapses in the West and the violent ritual termination of the classic Maya capital center of Cancuen: causes and consequences / Arthur A. Demarest, Claudia Quintanilla, and José Samuel Suasnavar -- Social-political manifestations of the terminal classic: Colha, Northern Belize as a case study -- Palma J. Buttles and Fred Valdez Jr -- Signs of the times: terminal classic surface deposits and the fates of Maya kingdoms in Northwestern Belize / Brett A. Houk -- Events and processes leading to the abandonment of the Maya city of Blue Creek, Belize / Thomas H. Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty -- Dynamic transitions at El Perú-Wakaʹ: late terminal classic ritual repurposing of a monumental shrine / Olivia C. Navarro-Farr -- Lords of the life force and their people: reflections on ritual violence and reverence in the Maya Archaeological record / David Freidel. |
| Summary |
This volume explores the links between the declining prosperity of the Late to Terminal Classic period and the erosion of kingly legitimacy. Exploring issues such as the rise of inflation, greater demand of tax and tribute, deforestation due to over-population, and drought conditions, the essayists examine what happens to a society when the king, who should be appeasing the gods, is seen as the problem. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mayas -- Kings and rulers.
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Mayas -- Kings and rulers. |
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Mayas. |
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Mayas -- Politics and government.
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Mayas -- Politics and government. |
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Mayas -- Social conditions.
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Mayas -- Social conditions. |
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Ritual -- Mexico -- History.
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Ritual. |
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Mexico. |
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History. |
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Ritual -- Central America -- History.
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Central America. |
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Violence -- Mexico -- History.
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Violence. |
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Violence -- Central America -- History.
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Mayas -- Antiquities.
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Mayas -- Antiquities. |
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Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
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Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities. |
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Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
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Indians of Central America -- Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Iannone, Gyles, editor.
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Houk, Brett A. (Brett Alan), 1967- editor.
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Schwake, Sonja A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780813062754 0813062756 (DLC) 2015038628 (OCoLC)913057883 |
| ISBN |
9780813055770 (electronic book) |
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0813055776 (electronic book) |
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9780813062754 |
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0813062756 |
| Standard No. |
40025949719 |
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