"Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Chapters in this book take a hard look at existing models of elite exchange and tribute and address the difficult question of how the flow of utilitarian goods supported Maya kingdoms and their ruling classes. Using models originally developed by William L. Ra ..."
"New understandings of how Maya people expressed timekeeping in daily life This book discusses the range of ways the ancient Maya people made time tangible through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices."
Maya E Groups(1st Edition) Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands (Maya Studies) by DavidA. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, Jerry Murdock Paperback, 656 Pages, Published 2020 by University Press Of Florida ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6439-0, ISBN: 0-8130-6439-2
"This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. Before Kukulkán is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of Yaxuná, located at a contentious crossroads of the northern Maya lowlands. Using bioarchaeology ..."
"A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods."
"This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements."
"... Toscano Hernández revealed that the construction phase of the causeway
terminus building (Str. 6E-13) that joined Sacbé 1 likewise dates to the Late
Classic, indicating a relatively short use of this feature. The possibility of
assigning the construction of the sacbé to the seventh century AD is appealing
given what we know about the epigraphy of Cobá. Building off of David Stuart (
2010) and Sven Gronemeyer's (2004) separate an ..."
Maya Cosmos(1st Edition) Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path by DavidA. Freidel, Linda Schele, Joy And Parker Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1995 by William Morrow Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14069-4, ISBN: 0-688-14069-6
"A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to grace the earth."
A Forest of Kings(1st Edition) The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by Linda Schele, DavidA. Freidel Hardcover, 542 Pages, Published 1990 by William Morrow & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-688-07456-2, ISBN: 0-688-07456-1
Maya Yucatán(Illustrated) An Artist's Journey by Phillip Hofstetter, DavidFreidel Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of New Mexico Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4694-0, ISBN: 0-8263-4694-4
""Before ever setting out on my adventures in Yucatán I did not know that I was preparing to walk a spiritual path in that ancient country. Before going there I had not taken much account of my yearning to seek out sacred places. But in Yucatán I discovered this longing for wandering among the people and landscapes of the peninsula. I eventually understood that there was an invisible spirit world of the Maya that animated their stories, ..."
Maya Yucatán An Artist's Journey by Phillip Hofstetter, DavidFreidel Digital, 162 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4696-4, ISBN: 0-8263-4696-0
" This volume had its beginnings in the two-day colloquium, "Rethinking Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tollan," that was held at Dumbarton Oaks. The selected essays revisit long-standing questions regarding the nature of the relationship between Chichen Itza and Tula. Rather than approaching these questions through the notions of migrations and conquests, these essays place the cities in the context of the emerging social, political, and economi ..."
"The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. ..."
El Perú-Wakaâ New Archaeological Perspectives on the Kingdom of the Centipede (Maya Studies) by Eppich, Keith, Marken, Damien B., Freidel, David Hardcover, 420 Pages, Published 2024 by University Press Of Florida ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6993-7, ISBN: 0-8130-6993-9
"Presenting the most current research on the Maya rainforest city El Perú-Waka', this volume discusses occupation at the site spanning from 300 BC to 1000 CE and offers researchers an unmatched view of ancient life in a tropical urban ..."
"Quer-Gr.-8° (ca. 23,5 : 21,5 cm). XII, 636 S. mit vielen, meist farbigen Abbildungen. (Archäologische Schätze aus drei Jahrtausenden). llustrierter OPpbd (gering bestoßen)., U.a. über die Klassischen Maya, ihre Umwelt, Siedlungsweise, Ernährung und Lebensunterhalt, die Architektur und Kunst der Maya, der Hofstaat, die Kriege, das Ballspiel, Religion und Weltsicht, Schrift und Sprachen der Maya, der Untergang der Maya-Kultur und die Maya ..."