Maya Kingship - Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times (Hardcover)

Examining changes to the institution of divine kingship from 750 to 950 CE in the Maya lowland cities, Maya Kingship presents a new way of studying the collapse of that civilization and the transformation of political systems between the Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods.Leading experts in Maya studies offer insights into the breakdown of kingship regimes, as well as the gradual urban collapse and settlement relocations that followed. The volume illuminates historical factors and actions that led to the end of the institution across kingdoms and the mechanisms that enabled societies to eventually recover with new political structures. Contributors provide archaeological, iconographic, epigraphic, and ethnohistorical perspectives, exploring datasets in the spheres of warfare, social dynamics, economics, and architecture. Unfolding with precision the chains of processes and events that occurred during the ninth and tenth centuries in the southern lowlands, and slightly later in the north, this volume displays an original and ambitious historical approach central to understanding one of the most radical political shifts to occur in the pre-Columbian Americas.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Maya Studies
Release date:	March 2021
Editors:	Tsubasa Okoshi • Arlen F. Chase • Philippe Nondedeo • M. Charlotte Arnauld
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-6669-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-8130-6669-7
Barcode:	9780813066691

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