Ritual, violence, and the fall of the classic Maya kings
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Ritual, violence, and the fall of the classic Maya kings
（Maya studies）
University Press of Florida, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-338) and index
Contents of Works
- Cross-cultural perspectives on the scapegoat king : the anatomy of a model / Gyles Iannone
- Killing the "Kings of Stone" : the defacement of classic Maya monuments / Eleanor Harrison-Buck
- Concepts of legitimacy and social dynamics : termination ritual and the last king of Aguateca, Guatemala / Takeshi Inomata
- The life and afterlife of the classic period Piedras Negras Kingdom / Charles Golden ... [et al.]
- Destruction events and political truncation at the little kingdom of Minanha, Belize / Sonja A. Schwake and Gyles Iannone
- The collapses in the West and the violent ritual termination of the classic Maya capital center of Cancuen : causes and consequences / Arthur A. Demarest, Claudia Quintanilla, and José Samuel Suasnavar
- Social-political manifestations of the terminal classic : Colha, Northern Belize as a case study / Palma J. Buttles and Fred Valdez Jr
- Signs of the times : terminal classic surface deposits and the fates of Maya kingdoms in Northwestern Belize / Brett A. Houk
- Events and processes leading to the abandonment of the Maya city of Blue Creek, Belize / Thomas H. Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty
- Dynamic transitions at El Perú-Wakaʹ : late terminal classic ritual repurposing of a monumental shrine / Olivia C. Navarro-Farr
- Lords of the life force and their people : reflections on ritual violence and reverence in the Maya Archaeological record / David Freidel
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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 variedresponses 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 ninthcentury AD-a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change.
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