Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological EvidenceT. Patrick Culbert This volume is the first to present in detail the results of recent decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare and ceremonial networks on which the civilization was founded. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Classic Maya Emblem Glyphs | 19 |
Prehistoric polities of the Pasion region hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings | 30 |
An epigraphic history of the western Maya region | 70 |
Cycles of growth at Tikal | 100 |
Polities in the northeast Peten Guatemala | 126 |
Dynastic history and cultural evolution at Copan Honduras | 145 |
Diversity and continuity in Maya civilization Quirigua as a case study | 178 |
Elite interaction during the Terminal Classic period new evidence from Chichen Itza | 197 |
Royal visits and other intersite relationships among the Classic Maya | 223 |
Inside the black box defining Maya polity | 250 |
Maya elite interaction through a glass sideways | 282 |
Maya political history and elite interaction a summary view | 308 |
References | 344 |
Index | 376 |
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accedes Acropolis Aguateca ahau Altar de Sacrificios appears archaeological architecture Arroyo de Piedra Ball Court Stone Bird-Jaguar Bonampak Burial cahal Cancuen capture Caracol carved centers central ceramic ceremonial Chichen Itza Chorro city-states Classic Maya civilization Classic period Coggins complex Copan Culbert cultural Curl Nose Early Classic East Plaza El Cayo elite interaction Emblem Glyph epigraphic event evidence excavations Fash and Stuart Hammond Hieroglyphic Stairway inscriptions Itzan Jones katun king Knot-eye Jaguar Late Classic Late Preclassic lineage Lintel lord Machaquila main sign Mathews and Willey Maya civilization Maya lowlands Maya society Mesopotamian Mexican monuments Naranjo northeast Peten Palenque Pasion region pattern Peru Piedras Negras Pilas population Proskouriakoff pyramid Quirigua record reign Rio Azul ritual royal visits Ruler ruling Seibal seminar Sharer Shield-Jaguar social Stela structure successor suggested geopolitical organization Tamarindito Temple Tepeu Terminal Classic texts Tikal tion Tonina Uaxactun volume warfare Yaxchilan Yucatan