Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8130-6405-5
Verlag: University Press of Florida

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: Maya Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iannone, Gyles

Houk, Brett A

Schwake, Sonja A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gyles Iannone, professor of anthropology at Trent University, is the editor of The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context.