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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jessica Joyce Christie |
| ISBN: | 0292712448 9780292712447 |
| OCLC Number: | 469539994 |
| Notes: | Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index. |
| Description: | X-340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments; Introduction1. Elite Residences at Blue Creek, Belize Thomas H. Guderjan, Robert J. Lichtenstein, and C. Colleen Hanratty2. At Court in Copan: Palace Groups of the Early Classic Loa P. Traxler3. A Multipurpose Structure in the Late Classic Palace at Copan E. Wyllys Andrews V, Jodi L. Johnson, William F. Doonan, Gloria E. Everson, Kathryn E. Sampeck, and Harold E. Starratt4. Palaces of the Royal Court at Tikal Peter D'Arcy Harrison5. The Political Acquisition of Sacred Geography: The Murcielagos Complex at Dos Pilas Arthur Demarest, Kim Morgan, Claudia Wolley, and Hector Escobedo6. Where Did Elites Live? Identifying Elite Residences at Aguateca, Guatemala Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan7. Access Patterns in Maya Royal Precincts Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo8. Evidence for the Functions and Meanings of Some Northern Maya Palaces Jeff Karl Kowalski9. The Function of a Maya Palace at Yaxuna: A Contextual Approach James N. Ambrosino10. Palace and Society in the Northern Maya Lowlands Edward B. Kurjack11. The Tripartite Layout of Rooms in Maya Elite Residences: Symbolic Centering, Ritual Mediating, and Historical Governing Jessica Joyce Christie12. Conclusions Jessica Joyce ChristieNotes on Contributors; Index |
| Series Title: | The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-colombian studies |
| Responsibility: | ed. by Jessica Joyce Christie. |
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"This volume will become a standard reference in the literature of Maya studies and, more broadly, Mesoamerican archaeology... Collectively, the articles touch on a wide range of epistemological, theoretical, and historical issues that have been recently raised concerning Maya palaces." David Freidel, Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Southern Methodist University " ... an important contribution to the study of the Maya."--Minerva, July/August 2004 Read more...
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