The Nature of an Ancient Maya City Resources, Interaction, and Power at Blue Creek, Belize

Author/creator Guderjan, Thomas H. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description244 p. ill 09.000 x 06.130 in.
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SeriesCaribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Ser.
Summary Annotation <div>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.&#160;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.&#160;Since 1992, a multi-disciplinary, multi-national research team has intensively investigated Blue Creek in an integrated study of the dynamic structure and functional inter-relationships among the parts of a single Maya city. Documented in coverage by<i>National Geographic</i>,<i>Archaeology</i>magazine, and a documentary film aired on the Discovery Channel, Blue Creek is recognized as a unique site offering the full range of undisturbed architectural construction to reveal the mosaic that was the ancient city. Moving beyond the debate of what constitutes a city, Guderjan&rsquo;s long-term research reveals what daily Maya life was like.</div>
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LCCN 2007015863
ISBN9780817315658
ISBN0817315659 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780817315658
Stock number00027072

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