Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Maya Studies
ISBN-10
0813064058
ISBN-13
9780813064055
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Imprint
University Press of Florida
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 11th, 2018
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
608 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.50 x 2.10 cms
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ArchaeologyArchaeology
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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.
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.
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