Ancient Maya Commoners /

Ancient Maya Commoners / / ed. by Fred Valdez, Jon C. Lohse.

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Much of what we currently know about the ancient Maya concerns the activities of the elites who ruled the societies and left records of their deeds carved on the monumental buildings and sculptures that remain as silent testimony to their power and status. But what do we know of the common folk who...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Arroyo, Bárbara,
Dunning, Nicholas,
Gonlin, Nancy,
Inomata, Takeshi,
Lohse, Jon C.,
Lope, Carlos Peraza,
Marcus, Joyce,
Masson, Marilyn A.,
Powis, Terry G.,
Robin, Cynthia,
Valdez Jr, Fred,
Vogt, Evon Z.,
Yaeger, Jason,
HerausgeberIn:
Lohse, Jon C.,
Valdez, Fred,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2004
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (311 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 Examining Ancient Maya Commoners Anew
  • CHAPTER 2 Daily Life in a Highland Maya Community: Zinacantan in Mid-Twentieth Century
  • CHAPTER 3 The Role of Pottery and Food Consumption among Late Preclassic Maya Commoners at Lamanai, Belize
  • CHAPTER 4 Of Salt and Water: Ancient Commoners on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala
  • CHAPTER 5 Down on the Farm: Classic Maya ‘‘Homesteads’’ as ‘‘Farmsteads’’
  • CHAPTER 6 Intra-Site Settlement Signatures and Implications for Late Classic Maya Commoner Organization at Dos Hombres, Belize
  • CHAPTER 7 Heterogeneous Hinterlands: The Social and Political Organization of Commoner Settlements near Xunantunich, Belize
  • CHAPTER 8 The Spatial Mobility of Non-Elite Populations in Classic Maya Society and Its Political Implications
  • CHAPTER 9 Commoners in Postclassic Maya Society: Social versus Economic Class Constructs
  • CHAPTER 10 Methods for Understanding Classic Maya Commoners: Structure Function, Energetics, and More
  • CHAPTER 11 Maya Commoners: The Stereotype and the Reality
  • Contributors
  • Index

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