Ancient Maya commoners / edited by Jon C. Lohse and Fred Valdez, Jr.

Other author Lohse, Jon C., 1968-
Other author Valdez, Fred.
Other author American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting 1999 : Chicago, Ill.)
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Descriptionviii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Examining ancient Maya commoners anew / Jon C. Lohse and Fred Valdez, Jr. -- Daily life in a highland Maya community: Zinacantan in mid-twentieth century / Evon Z. Vogt -- The role of pottery and food consumption among late preclassic Maya commoners at Lamanai, Belize / Terry G. Powis -- Of salt and water: ancient commoners on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala / Bárbara Arroyo -- Down on the farm: classic Maya "homesteads" as "farmsteads" / Nicholas Dunning -- Intra-site settlement signatures and implications for late classic Maya commoner organization at Dos Hombres, Belize / Jon C. Lohse -- Heterogeneous hinterlands: the social and political organization of commoner settlements near Xunantunich, Belize / Jason Yaeger and Cynthia Robin -- The spatial mobility of non-elite populations in classic Maya society and its political implications / Takeshi Inomata -- Commoners in postclassic Maya society: social versus economic class constructs / Marilyn A. Masson and Carlos Peraza Lope -- Methods for understanding classic Maya commoners: structure function, energetics, and more / Nancy Gonlin -- Maya commoners: the stereotype and the reality / Joyce Marcus.
General note"Most of these papers were originally presented as part of a symposium organized for the 1999 American Anthropological Association meetings held in Chicago, IL"--Prelim. pages.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004004631
ISBN0292705719 (alk. paper)

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