Название: Maya Political Science: Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos
Автор: Prudence M. Rice
Издательство: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292705697
Год: 2004
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 376
Размер: 26,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained an open question. Many debates have raged over models of centralization versus decentralization, superordinate and subordinate status—with far-flung analogies to emerging states in Europe, Asia, and Africa.