Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands
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Amos Rapoport
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ancient cities
ancient history
Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands
anthropology
archaeology
architecture
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Belize
Brett Houk
Caracol
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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
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- ISBN 9780813060637
- Weight: 646g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2015
- 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, Copán, and Chichén Itzá have shaped our understanding of the Maya. Yet the lowlands of Belize, which were once 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 Maya lowlands, including the Vaca Plateau and the Belize River Valley, Brett Houk presents the first synthesis of these unique monuments and discusses methods for mapping and excavating. Considering the sites through the theoretical lenses of the built environmentand ancient urban planning, Houk vividly reconstructs their political history, how they fit into the larger political landscape of the Classic Maya, and how the ancient cities fell apart over time.
Using data collected from different sites throughout the Maya lowlands, including the Vaca Plateau and the Belize River Valley, Brett Houk presents the first synthesis of these unique monuments and discusses methods for mapping and excavating. Considering the sites through the theoretical lenses of the built environmentand ancient urban planning, Houk vividly reconstructs their political history, how they fit into the larger political landscape of the Classic Maya, and how the ancient cities fell apart over time.
Brett A. Houk is associate professor of archaeology at Texas Tech University, USA.
