{"product_id":"patron-gods-and-patron-lords-joanne-baron-9781646420049","title":"Patron Gods and Patron Lords: The Semiotics of Classic Maya Community Cults","description":"In the first comprehensive treatment of Classic Maya patron deity veneration, Joanne P. Baron demonstrates the central importance of patron deity cults in political relationships between both rulers and their subjects and among different Maya kingdoms. Weaving together evidence from inscriptions, images, and artifacts, \u003ci\u003ePatron Gods and Patron Lords\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights into how the Classic Maya polity was organized and maintained. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using semiotic theory, Baron draws on three bodies of evidence: ethnographies and manuscripts from Postclassic, Colonial, and modern Maya communities that connect patron saints to pre-Columbian patron gods; hieroglyphic texts from the Classic period that discuss patron deity veneration; and excavations from four patron deity temples at the site of La Corona, Guatemala. She shows how the Classic Maya used patron deity effigies, temples, and acts of devotion to negotiate group membership, social entitlements, and obligations between individuals and communities. She also explores the wider role of these processes in politics, arguing that rituals and discourses related to patron deities ultimately formulated Maya rulership as a locally oriented institution, which limited the ability of powerful kingdoms to create wider religious communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Applying a new theoretical approach for the archaeological study of ideology and power dynamics, \u003ci\u003ePatron Gods and Patron Lords\u003c\/i\u003e reveals an overlooked aspect of the belief system of Maya communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Baron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646420047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646420049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Joanne Baron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986433999103,"sku":"9781646420049","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6329deac-bec6-4a84-96b5-46afac8684b7.jpg?v=1683283318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patron-gods-and-patron-lords-joanne-baron-9781646420049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}