NETWORKS OF POWER by Edward Schortman, Patricia A. Urban ( 9781607320623 )

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NETWORKS OF POWER
POLITICAL RELATIONS IN THE LATE POSTCLASSIC NACO VALLEY

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Edward Schortman, Patricia A. Urban

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UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO

Pub. date:

18 February, 2011

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336

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Little is known about how Late Post-classic populations in south-east Mesoamerica organised their political relations. "Networks of Power" fills gaps in the knowledge of this little-studied area, reconstructing the course of political history in the Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. Describing the material and behavioural patterns pertaining to the Late Post-classic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of north-western Honduras, this book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on networks of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages.This book describes who was involved in these competitions and in which networks they participated; what resources were mustered within these webs; which projects were fuelled by these assets; and, how, and to what extent, they contributed to the achievement of political aims.

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