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1014348
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b768718
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Rice, Prudence M.
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Maya political science : : time, astronomy, and the cosmos /\ by Prudence M. Rice.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Austin :: University of Texas Press,, 2004.
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The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
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1 online resource (xxii, 352 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0292797389
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0292702612
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0292705697
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9780292702615
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9780292705692
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-331) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Mayas-- Antiquities.
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Mayas-- History.
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Mayas-- Politics and government.
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Mayas-- Antiquités.
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Mayas-- Histoire.
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Mayas-- Politique et gouvernement.
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Antiquities.
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Mayas-- Antiquities.
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Mayas-- Politics and government.
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Mayas.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Archaeology.
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Guatemala, Antiquities.
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Mexico, Antiquities.
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Guatemala, Antiquités.
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Mexique, Antiquités.
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Guatemala.
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Mexico.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.97281
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| LC Classification
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F1435.3.P7R5 2004eb
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