Notes

"Most of these papers were originally presented as part of a symposium organized for the 1999 American Anthropological Association meetings held in Chicago, IL"--Ack. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Examining ancient Maya commoners anew / Jon C. Lohse and Fred Valdez, Jr. -- 2. Daily life in a highland Maya community : Zinacantan in mid-twentieth century / Evon Z. Vogt -- 3. The role of pottery and food consumption among late preclassic Maya commoners at Lamanai, Belize / Terry G. Powis -- 4. Of salt and water : ancient commoners on the Pacific coast of Guatemala / Barbara Arroyo -- 5. Down on the farm : classic Maya "homesteads" as "farmsteads" / Nicholas Dunning -- 6. Intra-site settlement signatures and implications for late classic Maya commoner organization at Dos Hombres, Belize / Jon C. Lohse -- 7. Heterogeneous hinterlands : the social and political organization of commoner settlements near Xunantunich, Belize / Jason Yaeger and Cynthia Robin -- 8. The spatial mobility of non-elite populations in classic Maya society and its political implications / Takeshi Inomata -- 9. Commoners in postclassic Maya society : social versus economic class constructs / Marilyn A. Masson and Carlos Peraza Lope -- 10. Methods for understanding classic Maya commoners : structure function, energetics, and more / Nancy Gonlin -- 11. Maya commoners : the stereotype and the reality / Joyce Marcus.

Classification

• LCC: F1435.3
• Dewey Decimal: 972.81/01

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: viii, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
• Edition Info: (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects

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• Mayas -- Social conditions -- Congresses
• Mayas -- Antiquities -- Congresses
• Working class -- Central America -- History -- Congresses
• Social structure -- Central America -- History -- Congresses
• Land settlement patterns -- Central America -- Congresses

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