Motul De San Jose: Politics, History, and Economy in a Maya Polity (Maya Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813061466 ISBN 13: 9780813061467

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2015

Synopsis

Scholars have long debated the nature of Maya political organization during the Classic period (AD 250-950). 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.

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Review:

"A robust presentation...."Motul de San Jose" joins a group of edited volumes published in recent years that offer state-of-the-art synthetic overviews of the archeology of a site or region in the Maya area...among these volumes "Motul de San Jose" is remarkable in the range of data presented and the syntheses attempted."--"Journal of Anthropological Research"
"Superb. . . . an invaluable work...replete with the richness and variety present in Late Classic Maya society."--"Current Anthropology"
"Features synthetic but also data-rich chapters from a wide variety of specialists."--"Antiquity"
"A robust presentation...."Motul de San JosE" joins a group of edited volumes published in recent years that offer state-of-the-art synthetic overviews of the archeology of a site or region in the Maya area...among these volumes "Motul de San JosE" is remarkable in the range of data presented and the syntheses attempted."--"Journal of Anthropological Research"
"Superb. . . . Address[es] all aspects of the complex web of interaction and integration that was the Late Classic polity of Motul de San JosE, including political history, craft production, and animal and agricultural economies. . . .An invaluable work that paints a picture, replete
with the richness and variety present in Late Classic Maya society."--"Current Anthropology"
"Superb. . . . Address[es] all aspects of the complex web of interaction and integration that was the Late Classic polity of Motul de San Jose, including political history, craft production, and animal and agricultural economies. . . .An invaluable work that paints a picture, replete
with the richness and variety present in Late Classic Maya society."--Current Anthropology
"A robust presentation....Motul de San Jose joins a group of edited volumes published in recent years that offer state-of-the-art synthetic overviews of the archeology of a site or region in the Maya area...among these volumes Motul de San Jose is remarkable in the range of data presented and the syntheses attempted."--Journal of Anthropological Research
"Features synthetic but also data-rich chapters from a wide variety of specialists."--Antiquity

From the Back Cover:

"This volume is the first of its kind. A complex mosaic of how a relatively small Late Classic Maya polity was economically, socially, and politically organized. A must-read for all Maya scholars."--James F. Garber, editor of "The Ancient Maya of the Belize Valley" "The editors have assembled a remarkable array of evidence, including several innovative analytical methods. The product is a synthetic model that will shape how we understand and study Classic Maya political economy for the next several decades."--Jason Yaeger, editor of "Classic Maya Provincial Politics" Scholars have long debated the nature of Maya political organization during the Classic period (AD 250-950). 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 Jose.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."" "A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase"

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0813061466
• ISBN 13: 9780813061467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552
• Editor: Foias Antonia E, Emery Kitty F