Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
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and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
Brett A. Houk
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civilization
Classic period dynasties
Collapse
economic
environmental
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Gyles Iannone
ideological change
Maya
mayan
political
Ritual
social
Sonja A. Schwake
southern lowlands
Violence
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- ISBN 9780813064055
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 11 Dec 2018
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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. 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.
Gyles Iannone, professor of anthropology at Trent University, is the editor of The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context.
