An inconstant landscape the Maya kingdom of El Zotz, Guatemala / edited by Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston.

Other author Garrison, Thomas G. (Thomas Gardner)
Other author Houston, Stephen D.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLouisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2018]
Descriptionxxii, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Contents A fortress in heaven : researching the long-term at El Zotz, Guatemala / Stephen Houston, Thomas G. Garrison, and Edwin Román -- Monumental beginnings : the Preclassic Maya of El Palmar and the Buenavista Valley, Peten, Guatemala / James A. Doyle and Rony E. Piedrasanta -- Ruling through defense : the rise of an Early Classic Dynasty at El Zotz / Edwin Román, Thomas G. Garrison, and Stephen Houston -- Border lords and client kings : El Zotz and Bejucal in the Late Classic Period / Nicholas P. Carter, Yeny M. Gutiérrez Castillo, and Sarah Newman -- Collapse, continuity, change : El Zotz in the Terminal Classic Period / Sarah Newman, Jose Luis Garrido, and Nicholas P. Carter -- In the wake of "collapse" : the Post-Dynastic or Early Postclassic Period at El Zotz / Melanie J. Kingsley and Laura Gómez -- Environments of El Zotz : water and soil chemistry, the El Zotz dam, and long-term environmental change / Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Colin Doyle, and William Delgado -- Understanding social, economic, and political change : the ceramics of El Zotz / Ewa Czapiewska-Halliday, Nicholas P. Carter, Melanie J. Kingsley, Sarah Newman, and Alyce de Carteret -- Lithic technologies and economies at El Zotz / Zachary Hruby -- A tableau in clay : the figurines and figurine-whistles of El Zotz / Alyce de Carteret and Jose Luis Garrido -- Constructed landscapes : architectural stratigraphy, behavioral practices, and building technologies at El Zotz / Cassandra Mesick Braun -- Bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology of El Zotz, Bejucal, and El Palmar / Andrew K. Scherer -- An inconstant landscape : Pa'ka'n in a regional context / Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston.
Abstract "Six years of archaeological survey around the Maya kingdom of El Zotz a complex picture of a dynamic landscape that experienced numerous fluctuations over the course of 2000 years of occupation-it serves as a test-case of political debility and strength during the height of dynastic struggles"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-491) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018006247
ISBN9781607327639 (hardcase)

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