Research Catalog

Title

Historical and archaeological perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala / edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice.

Publication

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rice, Prudence M.
• Rice, Don S. (Don Stephen)

Description

xxvi, 477 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"A detailed and thorough account of the Itzas--a Maya group that dominated much of the west lowland area of Petén, Guatemala. A theoretical perspective on the origins and an overview of the social, political, linguistic, and environmental history revealed in recent surveys and excavations"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Itza Indians > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > Antiquities
• Archaeology and history > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
• Petén (Guatemala : Department) > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Cultural and environmental perspectives -- part II. Theoretical perspectives on the epiclassic Itzas: factions, migrations, origins, and texts -- part III. Spanish perspectives: contact and conquest "de paz y de paso" -- part IV. Material perspectives: postclassic and contact-period archaeology and artifacts -- part V. Perspectives on Tayza/Flores: modern, historical, and material -- part VI. Perspectives on perspectives on the Petén Itzas.

Call Number

JFE 18-3582

ISBN

• 9781607326670
• 1607326671

LCCN

2017037701

OCLC

1002302797

Title

Historical and archaeological perspectives on the Itzas of Petén, Guatemala / edited by Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice.

Publisher

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Rice, Prudence M., editor.

Rice, Don S. (Don Stephen), editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-3582