Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands
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Amos Rapoport
ancient
ancient cities
ancient history
Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands
anthropology
archaeology
architecture
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Belize
Brett Houk
Caracol
Category=NKD
chronology
city
Classical period
collapse
comparative
construction
cosmology
elite
epigraph
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Gregory Zaro
heritage tourism
kingship
Maya Mountains
Mayan studies
Mesoamerica
Michael Smith
political
Postclassic
pre-Columbian
Preclassic
ritual
society
spatial patterns
studies
urban planning
Vaca Plateau
Valley
Product details
- ISBN 9780813054155
- Weight: 545g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 08 Nov 2016
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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For more than a century researchers have studied Maya ruins, and sites like Tikal, Palenque, Copan, and Chichen Itza have shaped our understanding of the Maya. Yet cities of the eastern lowlands of Belize, an area that was home to a rich urban tradition that persisted and evolved for almost 2,000 years, are treated as peripheral to these great Classic period sites. The hot and humid climate and dense forests are inhospitable and make preservation of the ruins difficult, but this oft-ignored area reveals much about Maya urbanism and culture.
Using data collected from different sites throughout the lowlands, including the Vaca Plateau and the Belize River Valley, Brett Houk presents the first synthesis of these unique ruins and discusses methods for mapping and excavating them. Considering the sites through the analytical lenses of the built environment and ancient urban planning, Houk vividly reconstructs their political history, considers how they fit into the larger political landscape of the Classic Maya, and examines what they tell us about Maya city building.
Using data collected from different sites throughout the lowlands, including the Vaca Plateau and the Belize River Valley, Brett Houk presents the first synthesis of these unique ruins and discusses methods for mapping and excavating them. Considering the sites through the analytical lenses of the built environment and ancient urban planning, Houk vividly reconstructs their political history, considers how they fit into the larger political landscape of the Classic Maya, and examines what they tell us about Maya city building.
Brett A. Houk is associate professor of archaeology at Texas Tech University, USA.
