Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings by Iannone, Gyles

Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813062754)

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Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings by Iannone, Gyles

Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

$89.95
Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings by Iannone, Gyles

Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

$89.95
Format: Hardcover
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Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and destruction of monuments and even violent death. This is the first comprehensive volume to focus on the varied responses to the failure of Classic period dynasties in the southern lowlands. The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king and the demise of the traditional institution of kingship in the early ninth century AD--a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change.

Author: Gyles Iannone
ISBN-10: 0813062756
ISBN-13: 9780813062754
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2016
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.69lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2016
By Gyles Iannone
By Gyles Iannone
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Gyles Iannone, professor of anthropology at Trent University, is the editor of The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context. Brett A. Houk, associate professor of anthropology at Texas Tech University, is the author of Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands. Sonja A. Schwake is lecturer in anthropology at Pennsylvania State University-Behrend College.

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