Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity:

Iannone, Gyles; Connell, Samuel

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“…We first learned this from hieroglyphic texts at Calakmul, Caracol, Copan, Dos Pilas, Palenque, Tikal, Seibal, and Tonina, among others. Now other lines of evidence are confirming this process, for example in Classic period households and graves (Chase, 1997Chase and Chase, 2000b;Gonlin, 1994;Hendon, 1997;Iannone and Connell, 2003;Kievit, 1994;Laporte and Iglesias Ponce de León, 1999;Robin, 1999;Sheets, 1998Sheets, , 2000Webster et al, 1997;Woodward, 2000;Yaeger, , 2002.…”

Section: The Maya State: Centralized or Decentralized?mentioning

confidence: 91%

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Marcus

2003

Journal of Archaeological Research

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This paper focuses on the discoveries of the last decade in Maya archaeology, and assesses their impact on previous models and synthetic frameworks. Although the bibliography includes 700 items published during the last 10 years, it is not exhaustive; on the contrary, a frustratingly large number of discoveries had to be omitted. Two areas exploding with new research are (1) the elicitation of a greater variety of data from hieroglyphic texts, and (2) a series of chemical and biological breakthroughs in the analysis of human burials. The former make it easier to assess the role of elite actors or "agents" in processes of sociopolitical change. The latter hold out the hope of documenting warfare (through skeletal trauma), migration (by tracing tooth enamel isotopes to ground water), status or gender differences in diet (through bone chemistry), and biological connections of individuals to each other and to earlier populations (through DNA). By combining these new data, we are on our way to integrating humanism and science, and to treating Maya polities as case studies in primary or secondary state formation.

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Section: The Maya State: Centralized or Decentralized?mentioning

confidence: 91%

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Marcus

2003

Journal of Archaeological Research

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“…Apart from a few isolated studies, however (e.g., Stanish, 2004), Latin Americanists have not yet answered Adams' (2001) call to adopt complex systems models for the analysis of ancient state dynamics. An interest in nonformal approaches to social complexity, particularly rural complexity Iannone and Connell, 2003;Richards and van Buren, 2000) represents a continuation of a strand of innovative research from the mid-1990s (Schwartz and Falconer, 1994;Stein and Rothman, 1994).…”

Section: Cultural Evolution and Agencymentioning

confidence: 98%

New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism

Smith

Schreiber

2006

J Archaeol Res

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The past decade has seen a veritable explosion in archaeological research on complex societies in Latin America. In 1993, Smith published an overview of research to that date; this article is one of two bringing that summary up to the present. Our first article, New World states and empires: Economic and social organization (Smith and Schreiber, 2005), dealt with issues regarding economic and social organization. The present article tackles political organization and dynamics, religion, urbanism, and settlement patterns. We also review recent research in the context of various theoretical perspectives, some traditional, some more contemporary, including approaches to history and process, cultural evolution, agency-based models, linguistic prehistory, migration theory, and the relationship between environmental change and cultural events. Our discussion blends empirical findings, methodological advances, and theoretical perspectives.

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“…Mid‐level sites are defined by having at least two plazas, a temple at least five meters high, and evidence of having served multiple functions (i.e., administrative, ritual, residential) (Iannone ). Iannone and Connell () hypothesize that these mid‐level sites were the most dynamic within the sociopolitical system because they were forced into constant negotiations about their place as the influence of major centers expanded and contracted over time. In the following sections, I compare the mortuary practices at ancestral locations at mid‐level sites in the Belize River Valley and conclude by discussing their relationship to broader sociopolitical fluctuations in the Belize River Valley in the Late Classic period.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…to C.E. 875, with the Preclassic and Early Classic activity limited to a hilltop shrine (Iannone :14), likely due to its subsidiary relationship with nearby Cahal Pech. The residents seemed to have gained power in the Late Classic (C.E.…”

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5 Defining Community in the Upper Belize River Valley during the Late Classic Period: A Micro‐regional Bioarchaeological Approach

Novotny

2017

Archaeological Papers of the American

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For the ancient Maya, mortuary practices offer crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced themselves. For example, most individuals local to the Belize River Valley are interred in a prone position, with head to the south. My research questions whether other rituals involving the deceased body, including body positioning and interaction with human remains through tomb re-entry (i.e., skull removal, interment of multiple individuals in one grave), could indicate affiliation to local or imagined communities. Comparing two Belize River Valley sites, Chan and Zubin, I found similar types of interaction that may indicate participation in a regional imagined community.

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Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity:

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