Maya Stone Tools
Author | : Thomas R. Hester |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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Author | : Thomas R. Hester |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : R.. Thomas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Mayas |
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Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Mayas |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas R. Hester |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George H. Odell |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1489901736 |
Lithic analysts have been criticized for being atheoretical in their approach, or at least for not contributing to building archaeological theory. This volume redresses that balance. In Stone Tools, renowned lithic analysts employ explicitly theoretical constructs to explore the archaeological record and use the lithic database to establish its points. Chapters discuss curation, design theory, replacement of stone with metal, piece refitting, and projectile point style.
Author | : John S. Henderson |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801482847 |
Theirs was one of the few complex societies to emerge in and to adapt successfully to a tropical-forest environment. Their architecture, sculpture, and painting were sophisticated and compellingly beautiful.
Author | : Marilyn A. Masson |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780759100817 |
Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Using models originally developed by William L. Rathje, the authors explore core-periphery relations, the use of household analysis to reconstruct political economy, and evidence for market development. In doing so, they challenge the conventional wisdom of decentralized Maya political authority and replace it with a more complex view of the political economic foundations of Maya civilization.
Author | : Damien B. Marken |
Publisher | : University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2015-11-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1457197243 |
"Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in the southern lowlands, assessing, comparing, and interpreting the wide variation in Classic period Maya polity and city composition, development, and integration. Traditionally, discussions of Classic Maya political organization have been dominated by the debate over whether Maya polities were centralized or decentralized. With new, largely unpublished data from several recent archaeological projects, this book examines the premises, strengths, and weaknesses of these two perspectives before moving beyond this long-standing debate and into different territory.The volume examines the articulations of the various social and spatial components of Maya polity—the relationships, strategies, and practices that bound households, communities, institutions, and dynasties into enduring (or short-lived) political entities. By emphasizing the internal negotiation of polity, the contributions provide an important foundation for a more holistic understanding of how political organization functioned in the Classic period."
Author | : Loa P. Traxler |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 2016-10-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1934536083 |
The Pre-Columbian Maya were organized into a series of independent kingdoms or polities rather than unified into a single state. The vast majority of studies of Maya states focus on the apogee of their development in the classic period, ca. 250-850 C.E. As a result, Maya states are defined according to the specific political structures that characterized classic period lowland Maya society. The Origins of Maya States is the first study in over 30 years to examine the origins and development of these states specifically during the preceding preclassic period, ca. 1000 B.C.E. to 250 C.E. Attempts to understand the origins of Maya states cannot escape the limitations of archaeological data, and this is complicated by both the variability of Maya states in time and space and the interplay between internal development and external impacts. To mitigate these factors, editors Loa P. Traxler and Robert J. Sharer assemble a collection of essays that combines an examination of topical issues with regional perspectives from both the Maya area and neighboring Mesoamerican regions to highlight the role of interregional interaction in the evolution of Maya states. Topics covered include material signatures for the development of Maya states, evaluations of extant models for the emergence of Maya states, and advancement of new models based on recent archaeological data. Contributors address the development of complexity during the preclassic era within the Maya regions of the Pacific coast, highlands, and lowlands and explore preclassic economic, social, political, and ideological systems that provide a developmental context for the origins of Maya states. Contributors: Marcello A. Canuto, John E. Clark, Ann Cyphers, Francisco Estrada-Belli, David C. Grove, Norman Hammond, Richard D. Hansen, Eleanor King, Michael Love, Simon Martin, Astrid Runggaldier, Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler.
Author | : Heather McKillop |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2004-08-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1576076970 |
Thanks to powerful innovations in archaeology and other types of historical research, we now have a picture of everyday life in the Mayan empire that turns the long-accepted conventional wisdom on its head. Ranging from the end of the Ice Age to the flourishing of Mayan culture in the first millennium to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, The Ancient Maya takes a fresh look at a culture that has long held the public's imagination. Originally thought to be peaceful and spiritual, the Mayans are now also known to have been worldly, bureaucratic, and violent. Debates and unanswered questions linger. Mayan expert Heather McKillop shows our current understanding of the Maya, explaining how interpretations of "dirt archaeology," hieroglyphic inscriptions, and pictorial pottery are used to reconstruct the lives of royalty, artisans, priests, and common folk. She also describes the innovative focus on the interplay of the people with their environments that has helped further unravel the mystery of the Mayans' rise and fall.