The nature of an ancient Maya city: resources, interaction, and power at Blue Creek, Belize
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Main Author: Guderjan, Thomas H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press ©2007
Series:Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index
Public architecture, ritual, and temporal dynamics -- The spatial arrangement of a Maya city -- Diversity of power and authority in a Maya city -- Agriculture as Blue Creek's economic base -- The importance of trade and commerce at Blue Creek -- Power and authority at Blue Creek -- Addressing some large and small issues
For two millennia, the site now known as Blue Creek in northwestern Belize was a Maya community that became an economic and political center that included some 15,000-20,000 people at its height. Fairly well protected from human destruction, the site offers the full range of city components including monumental ceremonial structures, elite and non-elite residences, ditched agricultural fields, and residential clusters just outside the core. Since 1992, a multi-disciplinary, multi-national research team has intensively investigated Blue Creek in an integrated study of the dynamic structure and
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 169 pages)
ISBN:0817381929
9780817381929

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