Maya Postclassic State Formation Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers |
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| Author:
| Fox, John W. |
| Series title: | New Studies in Archaeology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-10195-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.99 |
Book Description:
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John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the crucial Classic-Postclassic transition that determined the shape of the later Maya state. Drawing this data from ethnographic analogy and native chronicles as well as archaeology, he identifies segmentary lineage organisation as the key to understanding both the political organisation and the long distance migrations observed among the Quiche Maya of Guatemala and Mexico.
John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the crucial Classic-Postclassic transition that determined the shape of the later Maya state. Drawing this data from ethnographic analogy and native chronicles as well as archaeology, he identifies segmentary lineage organisation as the key to understanding both the political organisation and the long distance migrations observed among the Quiche Maya of Guatemala and Mexico.