The ancient Maya

Robert James Sharer

Stanford University Press, 2006 - Social Science - 931 pages

Of Archaic and Early Preclassic developments -- Patterns in the evolution of Mesoamerican civilization -- 5. The emergence of Maya civilization in the Middle Preclassic -- The emergence of complex societies -- Markers of complex societies -- The Pacific plain in the Middle Preclassic -- Middle Preclassic commodities and monuments -- The highlands in the Middle Preclassic -- The lowlands in the Middle Preclassic -- Middle Preclassic communities -- The rise of complex society in the lowlands -- Further Middle Preclassic developments in the lowlands -- Summary : the Middle Preclassic precursors of Maya civilization -- 6. The origins of Maya states in the Late Preclassic -- Late Preclassic Maya civilization and writing traditions-- The Late Preclassic Isthmian tradition -- The Late Preclassic Southern Maya -- Highland-lowland interaction in the Preclassic -- The Maya lowlands in the Late Preclassic -- Patterns of Late Preclassic rulership -- Preclassic developments in the Northern lowlands -- Late Preclassic lowland Maya civilization -- Decline in the terminal Preclassic -- Summary : reconstructing the Maya Preclassic -- 7. The expansion of Maya states in the Early Classic -- The Early Classic and the origins of Maya civilization -- The Southern Maya area in the Classic Period -- The Classic transition in the lowlands -- The expansion of states in the Maya lowlands -- Competition and warfare in the Classic lowlands -- The Early Classic in the Maya lowlands -- The rise of Tikal in the Early Classic (ca. 100-378) -- Neighboring centers in the central lowlands (ca. 328-416).

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Contents

• VIII: 1
• IX: 4
• X: 6
• XI: 7
• XII: 8
• XIII: 16
• XIV: 23
• XV: 29
• XVI: 31
• XVII: 34
• XVIII: 41
• XIX: 53
• XX: 57
• XXII: 60
• XXIII: 71
• XXIV: 73
• XXV: 75
• XXVI: 79
• XXVII: 80
• XXVIII: 86
• XXIX: 91
• XXX: 93
• XXXI: 96
• XXXII: 98
• XXXIII: 99
• XXXV: 100
• XXXVI: 102
• XXXVII: 116
• XXXVIII: 118
• XXXIX: 120
• XL: 123
• XLI: 125
• XLIII: 134
• XLIV: 145
• XLV: 147
• XLVI: 152
• XLVII: 153
• XLIX: 157
• L: 160
• LI: 164
• LII: 168
• LIII: 173
• LIV: 174
• LV: 177
• LVI: 178
• LVII: 179
• LVIII: 185
• LIX: 190
• LX: 194
• LXI: 201
• LXII: 202
• LXIII: 207
• LXIV: 214
• LXV: 219
• LXVI: 223
• LXVIII: 225
• LXIX: 231
• LXX: 251
• LXXII: 269
• LXXIII: 276
• LXXIV: 278
• LXXV: 279
• LXXVI: 284
• LXXVII: 287
• LXXIX: 288
• LXXX: 294
• LXXXI: 295
• LXXXII: 299
• LXXXIII: 301
• LXXXIV: 310
• LXXXV: 317
• LXXXVI: 321
• LXXXVII: 333
• LXXXVIII: 342
• LXXXIX: 351
• XC: 358
• XCI: 361
• XCII: 362
• XCIII: 369
• XCIV: 371
• XCV: 377
• XCVI: 379
• XCVII: 390
• XCVIII: 403
• XCIX: 413
• C: 415
• CI: 417
• CII: 421
• CIII: 451
• CIV: 476
• CV: 495
• CVI: 499
• CVIII: 503
• CIX: 505
• CX: 513
• CXI: 520
• CXII: 525
• CXIII: 529
• CXIV: 531
• CXV: 532
• CXVI: 554
• CXVII: 558
• CXVIII: 570
• CXIX: 580
• CXX: 582
• CXXI: 583
• CXXII: 585
• CXXIII: 589
• CXXIV: 591
• CXXV: 592
• CXXVI: 601
• CXXVII: 603
• CXXVIII: 604
• CXXIX: 613
• CXXX: 618
• CXXXI: 626
• CXXXII: 628
• CXXXIII: 631
• CXXXIV: 632
• CXXXV: 635
• CXXXVI: 636
• CXXXVII: 637
• CXXXVIII: 648
• CXXXIX: 651
• CXL: 657
• CXLI: 660
• CXLII: 661
• CXLIII: 665
• CXLV: 666
• CXLVI: 675
• CXLVII: 677
• CXLVIII: 682
• CXLIX: 690
• CL: 692
• CLI: 695
• CLII: 696
• CLIV: 703
• CLV: 708
• CLVI: 711
• CLVII: 714
• CLVIII: 719
• CLX: 720
• CLXI: 722
• CLXII: 726
• CLXIII: 735
• CLXIV: 745
• CLXV: 747
• CLXVI: 748
• CLXVII: 755
• CLXVIII: 757
• CLXIX: 758
• CLXX: 762
• CLXXI: 763
• CLXXII: 766
• CLXXIII: 772
• CLXXIV: 776
• CLXXV: 779
• CLXXVI: 785
• CLXXVII: 811
• CLXXVIII: 889
• CLXXIX: 893

About the author

Robert J. Sharer is Shoemaker Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Curator of the American Section at the university's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He is the author ofQuirigua: A Classic Maya Center and Its Sculp

Bibliographic information

• Title: The ancient Maya
• Author: Robert James Sharer
• Editor: Loa P. Traxer
• Contributor: Loa P. Traxer
• Edition: 6, illustrated
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0804748179, 9780804748179
• Length: 931 pages
• Subjects: History / Latin America / Central America; Social Science / Anthropology / General