Ancient Maya political dynamics

Ancient Maya political dynamics / Antonia E. Foias ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.

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 twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foias, Antonia E.
Other Authors: Chase, Diane Z., Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Series:Maya studies.
Subjects:
Mayas > Guatemala > Politics and government.
Mayas > Guatemala > History.
Mayas > Guatemala > Antiquities.
Political anthropology > Guatemala.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Mayas
Mayas > Antiquities
Mayas > Politics and government
Political anthropology
Maya
Politik
Politische Anthropologie
Politisches System
Guatemala > Antiquities.
Guatemala
History
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Table of 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.

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