Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica /
Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica /
edited by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron.
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Paradoxical politics : negotiating the contraditions of political authority / Theories of power and legitimacy in archaeological contexts : the emergent regime of power at the formative Maya community of Ceibal, Guatemala / Negotiating political authority and community in terminal formative coastal Oaxaca / Conflicting political strategies in late formative to early classic central Jalisco / Patron deities and politics among the classic Maya / Entangled political strategies : rulership, bureaucracy, and intermediate elites at Teotihuacan / Landscapes, lordships, and sovereignty in Mesoamerica / Ruling "Purepecha Chichimeca" in a Tarascan world / Reflections on the archaeopolitical : pursuing the universal within a unity of opposites / Sarah Kurnick -- Takeshi Inomata -- Arthur A. Joyce Christopher S. Beekman -- Joanne Baron -- Tatsuya Murakami -- Bryce Davenport, Charles Golden -- Helen Perlstein Pollard -- Simon Martin -- [and four others] -- List of contributors -- Index.
Open Access
"Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the commonalities shared by all. Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica explores the different and complex ways that those who exercised authority in the region confronted this contradiction. New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and subjects and between nobles and commoners. The contributions span the geographic breadth and temporal extent of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica--from Preclassic Oaxaca to the Classic Peten region of Guatemala to the Postclassic Michoacan--and the contributors weave together archaeological, epigraphic, and ethnohistoric data. Grappling with the questions of how those exercising authority convince others to follow and why individuals often choose to recognize and comply with authority, Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica discusses why the study of political authority is both timely and significant, reviews how scholars have historically understood the operation of political authority, and proposes a new analytical framework to understand how rulers rule. Contributors include Sarah B. Barber, Joanne Baron, Christopher S. Beekman, Jeffrey Brzezinski, Bryce Davenport, Charles Golden, Takeshi Inomata, Arthur A. Joyce, Sarah Kurnick, Carlo J. Lucido, Simon Martin, Tatsuya Murakami, Helen Perlstein Pollard, and Victor Salazar Chavez"--
English.
9781607324164
Social archaeology.
Indians of Mexico--Politics and government.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Indians of Central America--Politics and government.
Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Ethnoarchaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HISTORY--Latin America--Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Prehistoric archaeology.
Ethnoarcheologie--Amerique centrale.
Ethnoarcheologie--Mexique.
Archeologie sociale--Amerique centrale.
Archeologie sociale--Mexique.
Indiens d'Amerique--Antiquites.--Mexique
Ethnoarchaeology--Central America.
Ethnoarchaeology--Mexico.
Social archaeology--Central America.
Social archaeology--Mexico.
Authority--Political aspects--History--Central America--To 1500.
Authority--Political aspects--History--Mexico--To 1500.
Indians of Central America--Politics and government.
Indians of Mexico--Politics and government.
Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Mexico.
Central America.
History.
Electronic books.
Paradoxical politics : negotiating the contraditions of political authority / Theories of power and legitimacy in archaeological contexts : the emergent regime of power at the formative Maya community of Ceibal, Guatemala / Negotiating political authority and community in terminal formative coastal Oaxaca / Conflicting political strategies in late formative to early classic central Jalisco / Patron deities and politics among the classic Maya / Entangled political strategies : rulership, bureaucracy, and intermediate elites at Teotihuacan / Landscapes, lordships, and sovereignty in Mesoamerica / Ruling "Purepecha Chichimeca" in a Tarascan world / Reflections on the archaeopolitical : pursuing the universal within a unity of opposites / Sarah Kurnick -- Takeshi Inomata -- Arthur A. Joyce Christopher S. Beekman -- Joanne Baron -- Tatsuya Murakami -- Bryce Davenport, Charles Golden -- Helen Perlstein Pollard -- Simon Martin -- [and four others] -- List of contributors -- Index.
Open Access
"Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the commonalities shared by all. Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica explores the different and complex ways that those who exercised authority in the region confronted this contradiction. New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and subjects and between nobles and commoners. The contributions span the geographic breadth and temporal extent of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica--from Preclassic Oaxaca to the Classic Peten region of Guatemala to the Postclassic Michoacan--and the contributors weave together archaeological, epigraphic, and ethnohistoric data. Grappling with the questions of how those exercising authority convince others to follow and why individuals often choose to recognize and comply with authority, Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica discusses why the study of political authority is both timely and significant, reviews how scholars have historically understood the operation of political authority, and proposes a new analytical framework to understand how rulers rule. Contributors include Sarah B. Barber, Joanne Baron, Christopher S. Beekman, Jeffrey Brzezinski, Bryce Davenport, Charles Golden, Takeshi Inomata, Arthur A. Joyce, Sarah Kurnick, Carlo J. Lucido, Simon Martin, Tatsuya Murakami, Helen Perlstein Pollard, and Victor Salazar Chavez"--
English.
9781607324164
Social archaeology.
Indians of Mexico--Politics and government.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Indians of Central America--Politics and government.
Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Ethnoarchaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HISTORY--Latin America--Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Prehistoric archaeology.
Ethnoarcheologie--Amerique centrale.
Ethnoarcheologie--Mexique.
Archeologie sociale--Amerique centrale.
Archeologie sociale--Mexique.
Indiens d'Amerique--Antiquites.--Mexique
Ethnoarchaeology--Central America.
Ethnoarchaeology--Mexico.
Social archaeology--Central America.
Social archaeology--Mexico.
Authority--Political aspects--History--Central America--To 1500.
Authority--Political aspects--History--Mexico--To 1500.
Indians of Central America--Politics and government.
Indians of Mexico--Politics and government.
Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Mexico.
Central America.
History.
Electronic books.