Ancient Maya politics : a political anthropology of the classic period, 150-900 CE / Simon Martin.
"The 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 Ma...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : the questions
- pt. I Agendas in classic Maya politics
- 2. Modelling the Maya
- 3. On archaeopolitics
- 4. Worlds in words
- pt. II Epigraphic data on classic Maya politics
- 5. Identity
- 6. Constitution
- 7. Transcendence
- 8. Matrimony
- 9. Conflict
- 10. Hierarchy
- 11. Coda
- pt. III A political anthropology for 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.