Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150–900 CE

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
List of Case studies
Preface
One Introduction: The Questions
	Structure of the Book
Part I Agendas in Classic Maya Politics
	Two Modelling the Maya
		Conquerors and Clerics, 1502–1820
		Pioneers, Savants, and Scholars, 1820–1930
		A Tropical Arcadia, 1930–1950
		The Pragmatists, 1950–1970
		Of Maps and Models, 1970–1990
		Into the Black Box, 1990–Present
	Three On Archaeopolitics
		Abandoning the State
		The Recursive Turn
		A Complex World
	Four Worlds in Words
		Two Ways of Knowing
		Who Made This Text and Why?
		The Nature of Maya Texts
			The Relevance and Veracity of Maya Texts
			Maya Texts as Patrimonial Rhetoric
		Theorising the Event
Part II Epigraphic Data on Classic Maya Politics
	Five Identity
		Royal Titles
			Ajaw
			Kaloomte'
			Baahkab
		Noble Titles
			Sajal
			Ajk'uhuun
			Ti'huun/Ti'sakhuun
			Yajawk'ahk'
			Lakam
			Baahtz'am
			''Banded Bird''
		Case Study 1: Bones in the West
		Case Study 2: The Rise of a Sajal at Bonampak/Lacanha
		Case Study 3: Ranking the Nobility
	Six Constitution
		The Royal Cycle
			Heirs and Eligibility
			Interregna
			Succession
		Foundations
			Hul, ''To Arrive''
			Pat, ''To Form''
			Kaj, ''To Settle''
		Case Study 4: Fraternal Succession at Palenque
		Case Study 5: Erasing the Past in the Yaxchilan ''Interregnum''
		Case Study 6: On the Trail of the Serpent Kings
	Seven Transcendence
		Divinity and Kingship
			Divine Things
			Engaging the Gods
			Lords of Time
			Ancestors Above and Below
		Patron Gods and Patron Ancestors
			Royal Prototypes
			Effigies and Embodiments
			Gods' Houses
			Patrons of War
			Shifting and Adding Patrons
		Case Study 7: Patron Maize Dancers
		Case Study 8: Giant Effigies at Tikal
	Eight Matrimony
		Identifying Marriage
			Genealogies
			''His/Her Spouse''
			Here Comes the Bride
			Nuptial Ceremonies
			Marital Iconography
		Polygyny and Its Effects
		Strategic Dimensions of Marriage
			Exogamous Marriages
			Endogamous Marriages
		Case Study 9: Snake Ladies at La Corona
		Case Study 10: Marriage Strategies at Yaxchilan
	Nine Conflict
		Warfare in Classic Maya Studies
		Maya Warfare in the Material Record
		Words of War
			Chuk, ''To Seize, Tie-up''
			Star war ''?''
			Ch'ak, ''To Damage, Attack''
			Jub, ''To Take/Knock Down''
			Pul, ''To Burn''
			Other War Verbs
		Statistical Analysis of Maya Warfare
			Previous Statistical Work
			Variation over the Classic Period
			Conceptual Factors
			Practical Factors
		Interpreting Classic Maya Warfare
			Scale and Frequency
			Aims and Outcomes
		Case Study 11: War and Exile on the Stairways of Dos Pilas
	Ten Hierarchy
		Relationships of Rank
			Supervision
			Oversight
			Witnessing
			Possession
		Hierarchy and Historical Process
			Hierarchy in the Early Classic Period, 300-600 CE
			Hierarchy in the Late Classic Period, 600-900 CE
		Case Study 12: The Contest For Eastern Tabasco, 659-692 CE
		Case Study 13: Tonina's Campaigns in the Lacandon, 692-702 CE
		Case Study 14: Naranjo's Patronage Over Defeated Polities, 698-713 CE
	Eleven Coda
		Climate and the Collapse
		A Chronology of Crisis
		A Northern Renaissance
		Turbulence and Transformation in the Heartlands
		Reading the Ninth Century
		The Challenge of Interpretation
Part III A Political Anthropology for the Classic Maya
	Twelve Classic Maya Networks
		Ways and Means
		Mapping the System
		Networks in a Complex World
			Hubs and Small Worlds
			Cascades and Traumas
	Thirteen Defining Classic Maya Political Culture
		King and Cohort
		Dynasty and Landscape
		Engagements
		Asymmetries of Power
	Fourteen Hegemony in Practice and Theory
		Hegemony from a Global Perspective
			Fiji, 1750-1874 CE
			Ireland, 400-1169 CE
			India, 750-1250 CE
			Greece, 750-338 BCE
		The Logics of Political Division
			The Nature of Multi-Polity Systems
			Sovereignty, Autonomy, and Hegemony
			A Balance of Power
		Hegemonic Theory and the Classic Maya
	Fifteen Summary and Conclusions: A Society of Kings
		Synchrony
		Diachrony
		Final Thoughts
Appendix An Inventory of Emblem Glyphs
Notes
	2 Modelling the Maya
	3 On Archaeopolitics
	4 Worlds in Words
	5 Identity
	6 Constitution
	7 Transcendence
	8 Matrimony
	9 Conflict
	10 Hierarchy
	11 Coda
	12 Classic Maya Networks
	13 Defining Classic Maya Political Culture
	14 Hegemony in Practice and Theory
References
Index