- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages)
- Summary
- An exploration, using research from the Maya site Motul de San Jose in Guatemala, of how political structures and dynamics have been examined by political anthropologists and archaeologists over the last century.
- Series Statement
- Maya studies
- Uniform Title
- Ancient Maya political dynamics (Online)
- Maya studies.
- Alternative Title
- Ancient Maya political dynamics (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Political anthropology, archaeology, and ancient politics -- Archaeological studies of ancient politics -- Reconstructing classic Maya polities: the macro scale of political analysis -- Internal dynamics, bureaucracy, and political centralization: the middle scale of political analysis -- The flow and use of power: the micro scale of political analysis -- Conclusions: toward an archaeology of power.
- LCCN
- 2013007070
- OCLC
- ssj0000917672
- Author
Foias, Antonia E.
- Title
Ancient Maya political dynamics [electronic resource] / Antonia E. Foias ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
- Series
Maya studies
Maya studies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Chase, Diane Z.
Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953-