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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790577603321

Autore

Foias Antonia E

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2013

ISBN

0-8130-4648-3

0-8130-4832-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Maya studies

Altri autori (Persone)

ChaseDiane Z

ChaseArlen F <1953-> (Arlen Frank)

Disciplina

972.81

Soggetti

Mayas - Guatemala - Politics and government

Mayas - Guatemala - History

Mayas - Guatemala - Antiquities

Political anthropology - Guatemala

Guatemala Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 last century.