Arthur A. Demarest
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The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands
Collapse, Transition, and Transformation
University Press of Colorado
The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands revisits one of the great problems in Mayan archaeology - the apparent collapse of Classic Maya civilization from roughly A.D. 830 to 950. During this period the Maya abandoned their power centers in the southern lowlands and rather abruptly ceased the distinctive cultural practices that marked their apogee in the Classic period. Archaeological fieldwork during the past three decades, however, has uncovered enormous regional variability in the ways the Maya experienced the shift from Classic to Postclassic society, revealing a period of cultural change more complex than acknowledged by traditional models.
Ideology and Pre-Columbian Civilizations
Edited by Arthur A. Demarest and Geoffrey W. Conrad
School for Advanced Research Press
Employing data from central Mexico, the Maya area, coastal Peru, and highland Peru and Bolivia, directors of several major archaeological field projects interpret evidence of prehistoric ideology and address the question, has ideology any relevance in the reconstruction of prehistory?
- Copyright year: 1992
The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies
From Farmers’ Fields to Rulers’ Realms
University Press of Florida
A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.
- Copyright year: 2020
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