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Author Masson, Marilyn A., author.

Title Kukulcan's realm : urban life at ancient Mayapán / Marilyn A. Masson and Carlos A. Peraza Lope with contributions by Timothy S. Hare
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 688 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. Archaeological Investigations of an Ancient Urban Place -- 2. Politics and Monumental Legacies -- 3. An Outlying Temple, Hall, and Elite Residence -- 4. The Urban Cityscape -- 5. The Social Mosaic -- 6. The Economic Foundations -- 7. Religious Practice -- 8. Militarism, Misery, and Collapse -- 9. Recognizing Complexity in Urban Life -- References Cited -- Contributors -- Index
Summary Kukulkan's Realm chronicles the fabric of socioeconomic relationships and religious practice that bound the Postclassic Maya city of Mayapán's urban residents together for nearly three centuries. Presenting results of ten years of household archaeology at the city, including field research and laboratory analysis, the book discusses the social, political, economic, and ideological makeup of this complex urban center. Masson and Peraza Lope's detailed overview provides evidence of a vibrant market economy that played a critical role in the city's political and economic success. They offer new
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Notes English
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Subject Urban Mayas -- Mexico -- Mayapan
Maya architecture -- Mexico -- Mayapan
Mayas -- Mexico -- Mayapan -- Antiquties
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Mayapan
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Maya architecture
Urban Mayas
SUBJECT Mayapan Site (Mexico) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007007769
Mayapan (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Subject Mexico -- Mayapan Site
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781607323204
1607323206
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