Settlement and politics in three classic Maya polities
By: Olivier de Montmollin.
Series: Monographs in world archaeology,; no. 24
Publisher: Prehistory Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Mayas -- Antiquities.; Mayas -- Politics and government.; Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- Mexico -- Rosario Valley.; Rosario Valley (Mexico) -- Antiquities.; Mexico -- Antiquities.
Description: "Settlement pattern data from the Greater Rosario Valley, Chiapas - the southwest periphery of lowland Maya civilization - are analyzed with an emphasis on the late/terminal classic period. A variety of settlement/political models, from the household to regional levels, are considered; favors a segmentary-state system of political organization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-369).