CLASSIC MAYA POLITICAL HISTORY by T. Patrick Culbert (Editor), Jonathan Haas ( 9780521564458 )

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CLASSIC MAYA POLITICAL HISTORY
HIEROGLYPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

By:

T. Patrick Culbert (Editor), Jonathan Haas

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052156445X

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

29 March, 1996

Series:

School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series

Pages:

416

Description:

This volume presents the first history of the Classic Maya based on a combination of the Maya's own dynastic records and archaeological data.

Synopsis:

Ancient Maya civilization once flourished in the rainforests of what is today southern Mexico and Central America. It possessed the only full system of writing ever to be developed in the Americas. The pace of decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has accelerated, and within the last decade half of the inscriptions from the sites of the Classic Period (AD 250-900) have been translated. Much of the newly available information consists of historical records of the careers of Maya rulers of the time. This volume is the first to present in detail the results of decipherment and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare and ceremonial networks on which the civilisation was founded. Drawing upon important material recently made available, they have transformed our understanding of the Maya.

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7 tables

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Cambridge University Press

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