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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108483887
ISBN-139781108483889
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038906438
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Number of Pages538 Pages
Publication NameAncient Maya Politics : a Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArchaeology
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science
AuthorSimon Martin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight45.2 Oz
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width7.3 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2019-036962
Reviews'... a comprehensive overview of Maya political institutions ... Martin offers some valuable insights likely to be of use to those with an interest in comparative history and the global evolution of political institutions, diplomacy, war and conflict.' A. A. Nofi, The NYMAS Review
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal972.81016
Table Of Content1. Introduction: the questions; Part I. Agendas in Classic Maya Politics: 2. Modelling the Maya; 3. On archaeopolitics; 4. Worlds in words; Part II. Epigraphic Data on Classic Maya Politics: 5. Identity; 6. Constitution; 7. Transcendence; 8. Matrimony; 9. Conflict; 10. Hierarchy; 11. Coda; Part III. A Political Anthropology of the Classic Maya; 12. Classic Maya networks; 13. Defining classic Maya political culture; 14. Hegemony in practice and theory; 15. Summary and conclusions: a society of kings.
SynopsisThe Classic Maya have long presented scholars with vexing problems. One of the longest running and most contested of these, and the source of deeply polarized interpretations, has been their political organization. Using recently deciphered inscriptions and fresh archaeological finds, Simon Martin argues that this particular debate can be laid to rest. He offers a comprehensive re-analysis of the issue in an effort to answer a simple question: how did a multitude of small kingdoms survive for some six hundred years without being subsumed within larger states or empires? Using previously unexploited comparative and theoretical approaches, Martin suggests mechanisms that maintained a 'dynamic equilibrium' within a system best understood not as an array of individual polities but an interactive whole. With its rebirth as text-backed historical archaeology, Maya studies has entered a new phase, one capable of building a political anthropology as robust as any other we have for the ancient world., Ancient Maya Politics is distinctive in constituting the first book-length treatment of this issue using original texts to be published in over four decades. With a rich body of new data and a wide-ranging theoretical analysis, it debunks some long-held ideas and suggests fresh ways to look at this long-enigmatic society.
LC Classification NumberF1435.3.P7M373 2020
