Format:
xii, 306 Seiten
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ISBN:
9780813054964
Content:
It has been fifteen years since a book was devoted to the new theories, paradigms, and investigations of archaeology and art history at Chichen Itza. The volume features five thematic foci: civic space, mythology through art, burials, trade, and landscapes.Due to the widespread awareness of this site, these themes appeal across the regional silos to reach all scholars of ancient America
Content:
Introduction: looking backward, looking forward at Chichen Itza / Cynthia Kristan-Graham and Linnea Wren -- The archaeology of Chichen Itza: its history, what we like to argue about, and what we think we know / Beniamino Volta, Nancy Peniche May and Geoffrey E. Braswell -- k'ak'upakal K'inich K'awil and the Lords of the Fire: Chichen Itza during the ninth century / Eduardo Pérez de Heredia and Péter B¡rcent -- Rulers without borders: the difficulty of identifying polity boundaries in terminal classic Yucatan and beyond / Scott A.J. Johnson -- In the shadow of Quetzalcoatl: how small communities in northern Yucatan responded to the Chichen Itza phenomenon / J. Gregory Smith and Tara M. Bond-Freeman -- The Castillo-Sub at Chichen Itza: a re-consideration / Virginia E. Miller -- The Osario of Chichen Itza: where warriors danced in paradise / Annabeth Headrick -- The least earth: curated landscapes at Chichen Itza / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- To face or to flee from the foe: women in warfare at Chichen Itza / Linnea Wren, Kaylee Spencer, and Travis Nygard
Note:
Includes index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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