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El Perú-Waka' : new archaeological perspectives on the kingdom of the centipede / edited by Keith Eppich, Damien B. Marken, and David Freidel ; foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase.

"Presenting the most current research on the Maya rainforest city El Perú-Waka', this volume discusses occupation at the site spanning from 300 BC to 1000 CE and offers researchers an unmatched view of ancient life in a tropical urban environment"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Eppich, Keith, 1971- (Editor), Marken, Damien B., 1977- (Editor), Freidel, David A. (Editor), Chase, Diane (author of foreword.), Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953- (author of foreword.)
Other title:Perú-Waka' : new archaeological perspectives on the kingdom of the centipede
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2024]
Series:Maya studies.
Subjects:
Mayas > Guatemala > Petén (Department) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Social archaeology > Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Perú Waka' Site (Guatemala) > Antiquities.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mayas > Antiquities
Social archaeology
Guatemala > Perú Waka' Site
Guatemala > Petén (Department)
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Part I. El Perú-Waka' in the Maya World
  • Introduction to a Ruined City / Keith Eppich, Damien B. Marken, and Juan Carlos Pérez
  • Waka' on the International Stage / Mary Kate Kelly, David Freidel, and Olivia C. Navarro-Farr
  • Part II. The Lived Urban Landscape
  • Fire, Earth, and Water: Settlement, Soils, and Hydrology at El Perú-Waka' / Damien B. Marken and Matthew C. Ricker
  • Repeopling the Cityscape of El Perú-Waka': Classic Maya Social Models in an Urban Context / Keith Eppich
  • The Ancient Inhabitants of Waka': Osteology, Demography, and Pathology of the Burials and
  • Ritual Deposits / Erin E. Patterson
  • Part III. Creating Monumental Landscapes and Experiences
  • Lady K'abel and the City's Temple: Reinforcing Cosmic Order through Sacred Architecture /
  • Olivia C. Navarro-Farr, Juan Carlos Pérez, and Griselda Pérez Robles
  • Iconographic Analysis of a Royal Funerary Ceramic: Examining the Serpent Vessel from Burial 61 / Sarah Van Oss and Olivia C. Navarro-Farr
  • Who Is the Pyramid? The Maya Tombs of a Royal Ancestral Structure and the Personing of
  • Architecture at El Perú-Waka' / Michelle Rich and Keith Eppich
  • The Royal Palace of Waka': A Preclassic to Terminal Classic Seat of Power / Griselda Pérez Robles, Juan Carlos Pérez, David Freidel, and Elsa Damaris Menéndez
  • Animals in the Portal: Zooarchaeological Investigations at El Perú-Waka' Structure M12-44, the Cuartito / Diana N. Fridberg
  • World-Making: Turtle Mountain and the Oracle of Waka' / David Freidel

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