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Maya Archaeology 3(1st Edition)
Featuring the Grolier Codex
by Stephen Houston, Michael Coe, Mary Miller, Karl Taube, Simon Martin, Takeshi Inomata, Daniela Triadan, Christophe Helmke, Jaime Awe, Shawn Morton, Gyles Iannone, Kenichiro Tsukamoto, Octavio Esparza, Arnoldo Gonzalez, Joshua Balcells, Mary Jane Acuña, Joel Skidmore, Charles Golden, Chip Breitwieser, Charles W. Golden
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Precolumbia Mesoweb Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9859317-0-4, ISBN: 0-9859317-0-1

"Continuing in the tradition of the Maya Archaeology series from Precolumbia Mesoweb Press, this volume offers chapters by leading authorities on discoveries and research in the field of Maya archaeology. Topics include a royal tomb at Palenque, an early Maya ceremonial center at Ceibal, a hieroglyphic stairway at El Palmar recording a pilgrimage to distant Copan, and breakthrough insights into Maya divinity. The volume is accompanied by ..."






Beyond Collapse(1st Edition)
Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies (Visiting Scholar Conference ... Investigations Occasional Paper No. 42)
by Ronald K. Faulseit, J. Heath Anderson, Christina Conlee, Thomas Emerson, Kristin Hedman, Gary Feinman, Julie Hoggarth, Scott Hutson, Gyles Iannone, T. R. Kidder, Michael Loughlin, Katie Lantzas, Maureen Meyers, Christopher Pool, Christopher Rodning, Jakob Sedig, Nicola Sharratt, Rebecca Storey, Glenn Storey, Joseph Tainter, Victor Thompson, Andrea Torvinen, Kari Zobler, Richard Sutter, Stacy Dunn, Jerry Ek, Geoff Mccafferty, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, David Small
Paperback, 552 Pages, Published 2015 by Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3399-8, ISBN: 0-8093-3399-6

"The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. In Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation ..."






The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context
Case Studies in Resilience and Vulnerability
by Gyles Iannone
448 Pages, Published 2014 by University Press Of Colorado
ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-280-1, ISBN: 1-60732-280-3

"Revealingly, when Paul Farmer was asked how to solve the Haitian problem, he replied that jobs should be created so that people had money and could afford to buy fuel and not deforest the landscape. This politically correct reply conveniently glosses over the fact that the Haitian people, through their fecundity, are heavily implicated in their own plight (see Table 15.1). Such an assessment is today politically incorrect (and, eve ..."






The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context
Case Studies in Resilience and Vulnerability
by Gyles Iannone
448 Pages, Published 2013 by University Press Of Colorado
ISBN-13: 978-1-4920-1323-5, ISBN: 1-4920-1323-4

"Archaeology symposium from which this volume is derived. The goal of this chapter is to briefly contextualize the various droughts in relation to the archaeologically defined periods of “collapse” that punctuated the long-term sequence of ancient Maya sociocultural development. This contextualization will set the stage for the more detailed assessments provided in the various case studies. Before discussing the various sociocultura ..."






Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings(Reprint)
(Maya Studies)
by Gyles Iannone, Brett A. Houk, Sonja A. Schwake
Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2018 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6405-5, ISBN: 0-8130-6405-8

"Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and destruction of monuments and even violent death. This is the first comprehensive volume to focus on the varied responses to the failure of Classic period dynasties in the southern lowlands. The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king ..."






Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
(Maya Studies)
by Gyles Iannone, Brett A. Houk, Sonja A. Schwake, Houk &. Schwake Iannone
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2016 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6275-4, ISBN: 0-8130-6275-6

"“A valuable contribution to our knowledge of the events surrounding the collapse of the ancient Maya in the Late and Terminal Classic periods, particularly the death of kings and the failure of the institution of divine kingship.”—Lisa LeCount, coeditor of Classic Maya Provincial Politics: Xunantunich and Its Hinterlands   “A comprehensive look at the concept of Maya kingship as well as new insights into the Maya collapse—a must read fo ..."






The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context(1st Edition)
Case Studies in Resilience and Vulnerability
by Gyles Iannone
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2014 by University Press Of Colorado
ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-279-5, ISBN: 1-60732-279-X

"In "The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context, " contributors reject the popularized link between societal collapse and drought in Maya civilization, arguing that a series of periodic collapses, including the infamous Terminal Classic collapse (AD 750 1050), were not caused solely by climate change related droughts but by a combination of other social, political, and environmental factors. New and senior scholars of archaeology and en ..."

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Octavio Esparza

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Shawn Morton

Kenichiro Tsukamoto

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