Settlement archaeology at Quirigua, Guatemala [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Ashmore

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463675303321
• Autore: Ashmore Wendy <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2007
• ISBN: 1-934536-41-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.)
• Collana: Quirigua reports ; ; v. 4; University Museum monograph ; ; 126
• Disciplina: 972.81/31
• Soggetti: Mayas - Guatemala - Izabal (Department) - Antiquities; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric - Guatemala - Izabal (Department); Excavations (Archaeology) - Guatemala - Izabal (Department); Electronic books.; Quiriguá Site (Guatemala) Antiquities; Izabal (Guatemala : Department) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-350) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Setting and Methodology -- 3. The Site Periphery Settlement Sample -- 4. Occupation History at Quiriguá -- 5. Quiriguá Demography and Land Use -- 6. Social Distinctions and Integration -- 7. Socially and Symbolically Constituted Space -- 8. Conclusions -- Endnotes -- Part 2 -- Quiriguá Floodplain Periphery -- Part 3 -- References Cited -- Index -- Additional Illustrations & Tables -- Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Tables -- Plates -- Part 1 Figures -- Part 2 Figures -- Tables Parts 1 and 2 -- Part 3: Quiriguá Wider Periphery -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This monograph reports the results of the Quiriguá Project Site Periphery Program, five seasons (1975-1979) of archaeological survey and excavation in the 96 km2 immediately adjoining the classic Maya site of Quiriguá. Ashmore identifies and helps us understand where and how the people of Quiriguá lived. She presents detailed material ; evidence in two data catalogues, for the floodplain settlement adjoining Quiriguá and for sites in the wider periphery. The work situates Quiriguá settlement firmly in a regional context, benefiting from the extraordinary abundance of information amassed in southeastern Mesoamerica since 1979. It sheds new light on the political, economic, and social dynamics of the region including the sometimes-fractious interactions between Quiriguá, its overlords at Copan, and people elsewhere in the Lower Motagua Valley and beyond.Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376582.University Museum Monograph, 126