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Author Babcock, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1947- author.

Title Utatlán : the constituted community of the K'iche' Maya of Q'umarkaj / Thomas F. Babcock
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Institute for Mesoamerican studies monograph series ; no. 15
IMS monograph ; 15.
Contents The Greater Utatlán Project : a constituted community of a late postclassic Maya capital -- Greater Utatlán and Q'umarkaj in highland Guatemala -- Methodology -- Northern peripheral plateaus -- Resguardo area -- The Resguardo-Pakaman Ridge -- Hillside mound and area of obsidian scatter -- Pakaman area excavations -- La comunidad -- The Utatlán residence zone
Summary One of the most important Postclassic cities, Utatlán, in highland Guatemala, was excavated more than three decades ago. However, the data amassed by archaeologists have not been published until now. Details on architecture, pottery, burials, and artifacts, along with a focus on residential archaeology, make Utatlán: The Constituted Community of the K'iche' Maya of Q'umarkaj a significant contribution to Maya archaeology. Most information available on Utatlán focuses on the ceremonial center and ignores the city of the commoners. Using the archaeological data, Utatlán attempts to determine th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region -- History
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region -- Antiquities
Social archaeology -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region
Ethnoarchaeology -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Antiquities
Ethnoarchaeology
Quiché Indians
Quiché Indians -- Antiquities
Social archaeology
SUBJECT Utatlan Site (Guatemala) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003185
Quiché Region (Guatemala) -- Antiquities
Subject Guatemala -- Utatlan Site
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Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011048483
ISBN 9781607321552
1607321556
1457116995
9781457116995
1457111748
9781457111747