Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands (Maya

Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands (Maya and Mesoamerican Studies)

Pathways to Complexity synthesizes a wealth of new archaeological data to illuminate the origins of Maya civilization and the rise of Classic Maya culture. In this volume, prominent Maya scholars argue that the development of social, religious, and economic complexity began during the Middle Preclassic period (1000â€“300 B.C.), hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.

Contributors reveal that villages were present in parts of the lowlands by 1000 B.C., challenging the prevailing models estimating when civilization took root in the area. Combining recent discoveries from the northern lowlandsâ€•an area often neglected in other volumesâ€•and the southern lowlands, the collection then traces the emergence of sociopolitical inequality and complexity in all parts of the Yucatan peninsula over the course of the Middle Preclassic period. They show that communities evolved in different ways due to influences such as geographical location, ceramic exchange, shell ornament production, agricultural strategy, religious ritual, ideology, and social rankings. These varied pathways to complexity developed over half a millennium and culminated in the institution of kingship by the Late Preclassic period.

Presenting exciting work on a dynamic and poorly understood time period, Pathways to Complexity demonstrates the importance of a broad, comparative approach to understanding Preclassic Maya civilization and will serve as a foundation for future research and interpretation.

A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Contributors: M. Kathryn Brown | George Bey III | Tara Bond-Freeman | Fernando Robles Castellanos | Tomas Gallareta Negron | E. Wyllys Andrews V | Anthony Andrews | David S. Anderson | Lauren Sullivan | Jaime J. Awe | James F. Garber | Mary Jane AcuÃ±a | William Saturno | Bobbi Hohmann | Terry Powis | Paul Healy | Richard Hansen | Donald W. Forsyth | David Freidel | Barbara Arroyo | Richard E. W. Adams
Country USA
Brand University Press of Florida
Manufacturer University Press of Florida
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate 2018-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780813054841

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Florida
Manufacturer	University Press of Florida
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate	2018-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780813054841

Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands (Maya and Mesoamerican Studies)

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