Classic Maya political history : hieroglyphic and archaeological evidence / edited by T. Patrick Culbert.

Contributor(s): Culbert, T Patrick
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.Description: xviii, 396p. : ill., maps, photos. ; 23cm.ISBN: 052139210 (hbk)
Contents:
Introduction / Norman Hammond; Classic Maya emblem glyphs / Peter Mathews; Prehistory polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings / Peter Mathews and Gordon R. Willey; An epigraphic history of the western Maya region / Linda Schele; Cycles of growth at Tikal / Christopher Joines; Polities in the northeast Peten, Guatemala / T. Patrick Culbert; Dynastic history and culltural evolution at Copan, Honduras / William L. Fash and David S. Stuart; Diversity and continuity in Maya civilization: Quirigua as a case study / Robert S. Sharer; Elite interaction during the Terminal Classic period: new evidence from Chichen Itza / Linnea H. Wren and Peter Schmidt; Royal visits and other intersite relationships among the Classic Maya / Linda Schele and Peter Mathews; Inside the black box: defining Maya polity / Norman Hammond; Maya elite interaction: through a glass, sideways / Norman Yoffee; Maya political history and elite interaction: a summary view / T. Patrick Culbert.
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Bibliography: p. 347-378. - Includes index.

Introduction / Norman Hammond; Classic Maya emblem glyphs / Peter Mathews; Prehistory polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings / Peter Mathews and Gordon R. Willey; An epigraphic history of the western Maya region / Linda Schele; Cycles of growth at Tikal / Christopher Joines; Polities in the northeast Peten, Guatemala / T. Patrick Culbert; Dynastic history and culltural evolution at Copan, Honduras / William L. Fash and David S. Stuart; Diversity and continuity in Maya civilization: Quirigua as a case study / Robert S. Sharer; Elite interaction during the Terminal Classic period: new evidence from Chichen Itza / Linnea H. Wren and Peter Schmidt; Royal visits and other intersite relationships among the Classic Maya / Linda Schele and Peter Mathews; Inside the black box: defining Maya polity / Norman Hammond; Maya elite interaction: through a glass, sideways / Norman Yoffee; Maya political history and elite interaction: a summary view / T. Patrick Culbert.

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