Emblem and State in the Classic Maya Lowlands: An Epigraphic Approach to Territorial Organization

Type

Book

Authors

Marcus ( Joyce Marcus )

ISBN 10

0884020665

ISBN 13

9780884020660

Tags

Central America, Native American, Mayan

Description

Marcus reconstructs Classic Maya political organization through the use of evidence derived from epigraphy, settlement pattern surveys, and locational analysis. This study describes the development of a four-tiered settlement hierarchy and its subsequent collapse.

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