The Classic Maya(1st Edition) (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Stephen D. Houston, TakeshiInomata Paperback, 402 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-66972-6, ISBN: 0-521-66972-3
"In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world, including large settlements like Tikal, Copan, and Palenque. This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherments of hieroglyphs and decades of intensive excavation and survey. ..."
"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 ..."
"The two volumes of Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya provide current archaeological perspectives on Maya courts conceived as vital, functioning social groups composed of lords, courtiers, scribes, priests, and entertainers, among many others. In addition to archaeological data on the architecture and other spatial attributes of courts, the studies in the two volumes bring to bear on the topic the most recent evidence from inscriptions, v ..."
The Classic Maya(1st Edition) (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Stephen D. Houston, TakeshiInomata Hardcover, 402 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-66006-8, ISBN: 0-521-66006-8
"In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world, including large settlements like Tikal, Copan, and Palenque. This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherments of hieroglyphs and decades of intensive excavation and survey. ..."
"This book discusses courts at specific centers and areas, presenting data from major research projects. It examines the beginning of the Copan dynasty and the possibility of its foreign origin. The book addresses the functions and meanings of thrones, referring to archaeological data from Uaxactun."
"Bonampak murals, Room 1, upper southern wall (digital enhancements by Doug
Stern to photographs of Enrico Ferrorelli, copyright National ... Bonampak murals,
Room 1, north wall (copy by Felipe Dávalos, courtesy Florida State Museum)."
"The two volumes of Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya provide current archaeological perspectives on Maya courts conceived as vital, functioning social groups composed of lords, courtiers, scribes, priests, and entertainers, among many others. In addition to archaeological data on the architecture and other spatial attributes of courts, the studies in the two volumes bring to bear on the topic the most recent evidence from inscriptions, v ..."
"Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are as important economics and politics in understanding how ancient communities work. Without sacrificing conceptual rigor, the contributors dr ..."
"Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are as important economics and politics in understanding how ancient communities work. Without sacrificing conceptual rigor, the contributors dr ..."
" Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume ..."
" Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume ..."
"In Norman Hammond, ed., Social Process in Maya Prehistory: Essays in Honor of
Sir Eric Thompson, pp. 327–349. London: ... of the Maya Scribe. New York: Harry
N. Abrams. ... Fash, William L., Jr. 1989. “The Sculptural ... Scribes, Warriors, and
Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya. London: ... In Justin Kerr, ed.,
The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Vases, vol. 3, pp
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"The large acropolis east of the site's axial line, Mound 27, was intensively tested
by Pierre Agrinier in 1965-1973 with three large trenches, seven small trenches,
and 10 test pits (Agrinier 2000). The E-Group at Mirador consists of the long ..."
"... and a much fuller picture of the organization of the sacbe system and the
outlying groups they connect, owing to a survey conducted by rafael cobos (
2003a, 2003b; cobos and Winemiller 2001) and by Francisco Pérez ruiz of
schmidt's project. it is clear that the progressive development of the Toltec
arrangement was marked by the greater prominence and significant
reorganization of outly- ing elite residential groups (cobos 2003a; ..."
Warfare and the Fall of a Fortified Center Archaeological Investigations at Aguateca (Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology Series) by TakeshiInomata, Arthur A. Demarest Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2007 by Vanderbilt University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1419-6, ISBN: 0-8265-1419-7
"This volume presents for the first time the detailed data and dramatic findings of Inomata's investigations of this Classic period second capital of the ancient Maya Petexbatun kingdom. As widely discussed in journals and the media, the autonomous Aguateca subproject of the Vanderbilt Petexbatun research recovered remarkable new evidence on the violent end of a great Maya center,. This monograph presents summaries and interpretations of ..."
Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology Settlements and Fortifications of Aguateca : Archaeological Maps of a Petexbatun Center VIMA Series #4 by TakeshiInomata Hardcover, 24 Pages, Published 2007 by Vanderbilt University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1529-2, ISBN: 0-8265-1529-0
"Book Plus CD. This volume is the supplement to Warfare and the Fall of a Fortified Center."
"Altan Cilingiroglu and Mirjo Salvini, eds. Pp. 37— 65 . Rome: Istituto per gli studi
micenei ed egeo—anatolici CNR. Cilingiroglu, Altan, and Mirjo Salvini 1995 “
Rusahinili in Front of Mount Eridu”: The Urartian Fortress of Ayanis (7th Century
B.C.). Studi Micenei ed Egeo—Anatolici 35:111—124. 2001 Ayanis I : Ten Years
of Excavations at Rusahinili Eiduru-Kai, 1989— 1998. Documenta Asiana 6.
Rome: Istituto per gli studi micenei ed eg ..."
"Mesoamerican archaeologists have long been interested in the collapse of political systems or civilizations but have been slow to undertake detailed abandonment analyses of specific settlements. The Archaeology of Settlement Abandonment in Middle America explores some of the old questions in Middle American archaeology in light of the newer theoretical approach provided by abandonment studies. Unlike much of the abandonment work previou ..."