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Community and difference : change in late classic Maya villages of the Petexbatun region /

Explores the tension between the shared identity of the community and the differences of its members for the Late Classic Maya (A.D. 600-760) village communities Nacimiento and Dos Ceibas. Shows that their inhabitants were complex individuals who created community through reciprocity and public ritu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eberl, Markus (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2014]
Series:Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology (Series) ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Nacimiento Site (Guatemala)
Dos Ceibas Site (Guatemala)
Social archaeology > Guatemala > Petexbatún, Lake, Region.
Mayas > Guatemala > Petexbatún, Lake, Region > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Guatemala > Petexbatún, Lake, Region.
Petexbatún, Lake, Region (Guatemala) > Antiquiteis.
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Summary:Explores the tension between the shared identity of the community and the differences of its members for the Late Classic Maya (A.D. 600-760) village communities Nacimiento and Dos Ceibas. Shows that their inhabitants were complex individuals who created community through reciprocity and public ritual.
Physical Description:xx, 452 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780826519016 (cloth)
0826519016 (cloth)