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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452031303321

Titolo

Ancient Maya commoners [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jon C. Lohse and Fred Valdez, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2004

ISBN

0-292-79723-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LohseJon C. <1968->

ValdezFred

Disciplina

972.81/01

Soggetti

Mayas - Social conditions

Mayas - Antiquities

Working class - Central America - History

Social structure - Central America - History

Land settlement patterns - Central America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Most of these papers were originally presented as part of a symposium organized for the 1999 American Anthropological Association meetings held in Chicago, IL"--Acknowledgements.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. Examining Ancient Maya Commoners Anew (Jon C. Lohse and Fred Valdez, Jr.)""; ""Chapter 2. Daily Life in a Highland Maya Community: Zinacantan in Mid-Twentieth Century (Evon Z. Vogt)""; ""Chapter 3. The Role of Pottery and Food Consumption among Late Preclassic Maya Commoners at Lamanai, Belize (Terry G. Powis)""; ""Chapter 4. Of Salt and Water: Ancient Commoners on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala (Barbara Arroyo)""; ""Chapter 5. Down on the Farm: Classic Maya ""Homesteads"" as ""Farmsteads"" (Nicholas Dunning)""

""Chapter 6. Intra-Site Settlement Signatures and Implications for Late Classic Maya Commoner Organization at Dos Hombres, Belize (Jon C. Lohse)""""Chapter 7. Heterogeneous Hinterlands: The Social and Political Organization of Commoner Settlements near Xunantunich, Belize (Jason Yaeger and Cynthia Robin)""; ""Chapter 8. The Spatial Mobility of Non-Elite Populations in Classic Maya Society an Its Political



Implications (Takeshi Inomata) ""; ""Chapter 9. Commoners in Postclassic Maya Society: Social versus Economic Class Constructs (Marilyn A. Masson and Carlos Peraza Lope) ""

""Chapter 10. Methods for Understanding Classic Maya Commoners: Structure Function, Energetics, and More (Nancy Gonlin) """"Chapter 11. Maya Commoners: The Stereotype and the Reality (Joyce Marcus) ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Index ""