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Maya political science : time, astronomy, and the cosmos / by Prudence M. Rice.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Rice, Prudence M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
Subjects:
Mayas > Politics and government.
Mayas > History.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Guatemala > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Mayas.
Guatemala.
Mexico.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Note on Orthography and Dates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Approaches to Maya Political Organization
  • Explanation, Analogy, and the Direct-Historical Approach
  • Sources for a Direct-Historical Approach: A Critical Review
  • Classic Period Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
  • Native Texts of the Postclassic and Colonial Periods
  • Spanish Colonial Documents
  • Dictionaries
  • Modern Ethnography
  • Maya Cosmology and Worldview
  • Chapter 2. Previous Reconstructions of Classic Maya Political Organization
  • Early Thoughts.
  • The Political Geography of the Yucatan Maya
  • Twentieth-Century Ethnography
  • Site Size and Size-Hierarchy Models
  • Inscription-based Models
  • The Importance of Emblem Glyphs
  • Emblem Glyph-based (and Other) Decentralized Models
  • Emblem Glyph-based Centralized Models
  • Time and Its Cycles
  • Chapter 3. Maya Politico-Religious Calendrics
  • Maya Cosmology and Calendrical Science
  • Maya Calendars
  • Calendrical Origins
  • Calendrical Transformations
  • The Postclassic Maya May
  • The May and Its Seats
  • The Books of the Chilam B'alams and Rituals of the May
  • Overview.
  • Chapter 4. Tikal as Early Seat of the May
  • Preclassic Ritual Architecture and K'atun Seats
  • Early Classic Tikal and Its Rulers
  • The Institution of Kingship
  • Tikal's Dynastic Founding
  • Tikal's Name and Emblem Glyph
  • The Dynasty Continues
  • The Central Mexican Presence
  • Tikal in the Middle Classic Period
  • The Meaning of the Middle
  • Overview
  • Chapter 5. Tikal's Late and Terminal Classic Seating of the May
  • Tikal as Late Classic May Ku
  • Twin-Pyramid Groups
  • Tikal's Late Classic Monuments
  • Late Classic Period-ending Monuments in Tikal's Realm.
  • Interpretations: Tikal's Late Classic May Seating
  • Tikal and Its May Realm in the Terminal Classic Period
  • Monuments and Themes
  • Other Sites in Tikal's Terminal Classic May Realm
  • Overview
  • Chapter 6. Other Classic Period May-based Realms
  • Copán, Honduras, and Quiriguá, Guatemala
  • Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico
  • Other Sites and Regions
  • Caracol, Belize
  • Palenque and Toniná, Chiapas, Mexico
  • Dos Pilas, Petén, Guatemala
  • Overview
  • Chapter 7. New Terminal Classic May Realms
  • The Southern Lowlands
  • Seibal as May Ku: Structure A-3 Monuments
  • Lake Petén Itzá
  • Ucanal.
  • The Northern Lowlands
  • The Puuc Region
  • Chich'en Itza, Yucatán
  • Dzibilchaltún and Cobá
  • Overview
  • Chapter 8. Implications of the May Model
  • Identifying the May
  • Calendrical Rituals Involving Fire
  • Burner Rituals
  • New Year's Ceremonies
  • Fire Walking
  • Ballcourts and the Ballgame
  • Maya "Warfare"
  • Dual Rulership
  • Overview
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion
  • Origin and Operation of the May System
  • The Classic Maya: A Theocratic State
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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