Motul de San Jose

Scholars have long debated the nature of Maya political organization during the Classic period (AD 250950). Complex questions regarding political centralization, economic change, and the role of politics and economics in the rise and collapse of the civilization have been examined and reexamined from a variety of perspectives. Antonia Foias and Kitty Emery have assembled a broad collection of essays all focused on a single polity, that of Motul de San José. By presenting a coherent interdisciplinary body of archaeological and environmental data, the volume offers an intensely deep, focused investigation of the various models of the ancient Maya political and economic systems. Research conducted over six seasons of fieldwork reveals a more centralized political system than expected and uncovers the workings of the ancient economic structure. The contributors offer new details concerning how involved royals and nonroyal elites were in the politics of nearby states, as well as an extensive tribute system

Antonia E. Foias is professor of anthropology at Williams College. Kitty F. Emery is associate curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History and associate professor at the University of Florida.

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Politics and Economics: Theoretical Perspectives of the Motul de San José Project	p. 1
Lords of Windy Water: The Royal Court of Motul de San José in Classic Maya Inscriptions	p. 30
Identity and Interaction: Ceramic Styles and Social History of the IkÆ Polity, Guatemala	p. 67
Architecture, Volumetrics, and Social Stratification at Motul de San José during the Late and Terminal Classic	p. 94
Figurine Economies at Motul de San Jose: Multiple and Shifting Modes of Valuation	p. 139
Motul de San José Palace Pottery Production: Reconstructions from Wasters and Debris	p. 167
History, Politics, and Ceramics: The Ceramic Sequence of Trinidad de Nosotros, El Petén, Guatemala	p. 194
Wealth, Status, and Stucco: Micromorphology Studies at Trinidad, a Secondary Center in the Motul de San José Periphery	p. 229
Akte: Settlement, Chronology, and Monuments at the Minor Ceremonial Center Akte in the Motul de San José Periphery	p. 250
Preliminary Investigations in Macro- and Microbotany at Motul de San José	p. 275
The Motul de San José Animals in an Economic Perspective	p. 291
Animal Resource Use and Exchange at an Inland Maya Port: Zooarchaeological Investigations at Trinidad de Nosotros	p. 326
In Search of Markets and Fields: Soil Chemical Investigations at Motul de San José	p. 357
Stable Carbon Isotope Evidence of Ancient Maize Cultivation on the Soils of Motul de San José	p. 386
Landscape, Economies, and the Politics of Power in the Motul de San José Polity	p. 401
Control without Controlling: Motul de San José and Its Environs from an Outsider's Perspective	p. 419
Notes	p. 431
Bibliography	p. 443
List of Contributors	p. 519
Index	p. 523
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials