{"product_id":"community-and-difference-markus-eberl-9780826519016","title":"Community and Difference: Change in Late Classic Maya Villages of the Petexbatn Region","description":"Through the use of sophisticated ceramic chronology techniques, the author documents how small farming communities like Nacimiento and Dos Ceibas grew from hamlets in the seventh century A.D. into villages with several hundred inhabitants. He traces how local elites emerged during the eighth century A.D. and built outsized residential groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMutual exchanges in these villages leveled material wealth, but also translated into social status and legitimized social inequality. As settings for public rituals, these exchanges helped integrate the communities, while individual households conducted domestic rituals that included ancestor veneration, dedication offerings, and termination rituals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inhabitants of Aguateca's rural hinterland interacted on multiple levels within and beyond the boundaries of their communities. The economic, sociopolitical, and ritual changes during the Late Classic highlight the complexity and dynamism of local communities.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIMA Series #8\u003cbr\u003eVanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology Studies Series, Edited by Arthur A. Demarest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Markus Eberl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826519016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826519016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.68h x 8.53w x 1.22d","brand":"Markus Eberl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013818888447,"sku":"9780826519016","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45b5ed55-ccd3-4abc-8dfc-e4ec56f97eca.jpg?v=1767744965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/community-and-difference-markus-eberl-9780826519016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}