Copán : the history of an ancient Maya kingdom /

"This volume collects leading scholarship on one of the most important archaeological complexes in the ancient Maya world. The authors - internationally renowned experts who participated in the Copan Acropolis Archaeological Project - address enduring themes in Maya archaeology, such as symboli...

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Other Authors: Andrews, E. Wyllys, Fash, William Leonard.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Fe : Oxford : School of American Research Press ; James Currey, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:School of American Research advanced seminar series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributions and controversies in the archaeology and history of Copán /
  • William L. Fash and Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle
  • Political ecology, political economy, and the culture history of resource management at Copán /
  • David Webster
  • Toward a social history of the Copán Valley /
  • William L. Fash
  • Iconographic evidence for water management and social organization at Copán /
  • Barbara W. Fash
  • Early classic royal power in Copan : the origins and development of the acropolis (ca. ad 250-600) /
  • Robert J. Sharer ... [et al.]
  • The evolution of structure 10l-16, heart of the Copán acropolis /
  • Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle and Barbara W. Fash
  • A late classic royal residence at Copán /
  • E. Wyllys Andrews and Cassandra R. Bill
  • Health and lifestyle (before and after death) among the Copán elite /
  • Rebecca Storey
  • Seats of power at Copán /
  • Linda Schele and Matthew G. Looper
  • A foreign past : the writing and representation of history on a royal ancestral shrine at Copán /
  • David Stuart
  • Issues in Copán archaeology /
  • E. Wyllys Andrews and William L. Fash.