LEADER 04336oam 22007454a 450 001 9910169655903321 005 20210108065248.0 010 $a1-60732-416-4 035 $a(OCoLC)911920458 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001628204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16370456 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001628204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13493659 035 $a(PQKB)10321957 035 $a(OCoLC)945563527 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4525542 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000616167 100 $a20150623d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---unuun 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPolitical Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica$fedited by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron 210 1$aBoulder :$cUniversity Press of Colorado,$d2015. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2016 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (@88 pages) $cillustrations, figures, tables 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-60732-415-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 2 $a"Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the commonalities shared by all. Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica explores the different and complex ways that those who exercised authority in the region confronted this contradiction. New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and subjects and between nobles and commoners. The contributions span the geographic breadth and temporal extent of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica--from Preclassic Oaxaca to the Classic Peten region of Guatemala to the Postclassic Michoacan--and the contributors weave together archaeological, epigraphic, and ethnohistoric data. Grappling with the questions of how those exercising authority convince others to follow and why individuals often choose to recognize and comply with authority, Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica discusses why the study of political authority is both timely and significant, reviews how scholars have historically understood the operation of political authority, and proposes a new analytical framework to understand how rulers rule. Contributors include Sarah B. Barber, Joanne Baron, Christopher S. Beekman, Jeffrey Brzezinski, Bryce Davenport, Charles Golden, Takeshi Inomata, Arthur A. Joyce, Sarah Kurnick, Carlo J. Lucido, Simon Martin, Tatsuya Murakami, Helen Perlstein Pollard, and Victor Salazar Chavez"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology$2bisacsh 606 $aEthnoarchaeology$zCentral America 606 $aEthnoarchaeology$zMexico 606 $aSocial archaeology$zCentral America 606 $aSocial archaeology$zMexico 606 $aAuthority$xPolitical aspects$zCentral America$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aAuthority$xPolitical aspects$zMexico$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aIndians of Central America$xPolitics and government 606 $aIndians of Mexico$xPolitics and government 606 $aIndians of Central America$xAntiquities 606 $aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. 615 0$aEthnoarchaeology 615 0$aEthnoarchaeology 615 0$aSocial archaeology 615 0$aSocial archaeology 615 0$aAuthority$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aAuthority$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aIndians of Central America$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aIndians of Central America$xAntiquities. 615 0$aIndians of Mexico$xAntiquities. 676 $a972/.01 701 $aBaron$b Joanne$0992266 701 $aKurnick$b Sarah$0992267 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910169655903321 996 $aPolitical Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica$92272059 997 $aUNINA