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Pathways to Complexity - A View from the Maya Lowlands (Hardcover)
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Pathways to Complexity - A View from the Maya Lowlands (Hardcover)
Series: Maya Studies
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Pathways to Complexity synthesizes a wealth of new archaeological
data to illuminate the origins of Maya civilization and the rise of
Classic Maya culture. In this volume, prominent Maya scholars argue
that the development of social, religious, and economic complexity
began during the Middle Preclassic period (1000-300 BC), hundreds
of years earlier than previously thought. Contributors reveal that
villages were present in parts of the lowlands by 1000 BC.
Combining recent discoveries from the northern lowlands--an area
often neglected in other volumes-and the southern lowlands, the
collection then traces the emergence of sociopolitical inequality
and complexity in all parts of the Yucatan Peninsula over the
course of the Middle Preclassic period. They show that communities
evolved in different ways due to influences such as geographical
location, ceramic exchange, shell ornament production, agricultural
strategy, religious ritual, ideology, and social rankings. These
varied pathways to complexity developed over half a millennium and
culminated in the institution of kingship by the Late Preclassic
period. Presenting exciting work on a dynamic and misunderstood
time period, Pathways to Complexity demonstrates the importance of
a broad, comparative approach to understanding Preclassic Maya
civilization and will serve as a foundation for future research and
interpretation.
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