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Maya Kingship: Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times

  • Edited by Tsubasa Okoshi, Arlen F. Chase, Philippe Nondédéo, and M. Charlotte Arnauld
  • Pub Date: 3/30/2021
  • Hardcover: $90.00

Examining changes to the institution of divine kingship from 750 to 950 CE in the Maya lowland cities, this volume presents a new way of studying the collapse of that civilization and the transformation of political systems between the Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods.

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The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies: From Farmers’ Fields to Rulers’ Realms

  • Edited by Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidel, and Arthur A. Demarest
  • Pub Date: 9/8/2020
  • Hardcover: $125.00

A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods.   

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Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands

  • Edited by M. Kathryn Brown and George J. Bey III
  • Pub Date: 4/27/2021
  • Hardcover: $100.00
  • Paper: $40.00

Pathways to Complexity synthesizes a wealth of new archaeological data to illuminate the origins of Maya civilization and the rise of Classic Maya culture. In this volume, prominent Maya scholars argue that the development of social, religious, and economic complexity began during the Middle Preclassic period (1000–300 BC), hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. 

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