Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya Volume One This page intentionally left blank he Ancien Volume One: Theory, Comparison, and Synthesis EDITED BY Takeshi Inomata University of Arizona AND Stephen D. Houston Brigham Young University V- ' A Member of the Perseus Books Cixoup All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may ~ by any means, e1ectrt)nic or mechanical, inbe reproduced or transmieed in any f c m or cluding photocopy, recording, or any infannation stctrage and retrieval system, without pemission in wxliking from the ptlblisher. Coppriglnt 82001 bp Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Grt~up Published in 2001 in the United States of America by West-riiewPress, 5500 Central k e n u e , Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford C1X2 9Jj Find us on the Wcjrld Wide Web at ww.weshriewpress.com Library of Congress Cataloghg-in-PublicationData Royal courts of the ancient Maya/edited by Takehi Inornata and Stephen D. Horrstcjn. p. cm. lrzcludes bibliograplnical references and index. Cc~ntents:v, I. 21eory comparison, and syntlnesis ISBN 0-8133-3M0-6 (pb) I. Mayas-Kings and rulers. 2, Maya architecture. 3. Mayas-Antiquities, 4. Inscriptions, Mayan. 5, Royal house-&Mexico. 6. Royal ltouses.dissertation, Tulane University. Brown, Jonatl~an,and J. H. Elliott. 1980. A Pahmfur a Kitzg: The Biicn Refim t k ~ dthe Court @P.hili;pIV. New Haven: Yale University Press. Brrrmfiel, Elizabeth M. 1994. "Factional Competitic~nand Political Development in the New World: An Introduction." In Elizabeth M. Brurnfiel and John W. Fox, eds., Facfioiolzat Competitiorz alzd Potifienl Development itz the New World, pp. 3-13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Bourdieu, Pierre. 1984. Distinction: A Social GriCiqzre ofthe Judgenzeniof Tasfe.Transbted b y airhard Nice. Cambridge, MA: Haward University Press. Carmack, Robert M. 1983. The Qtricltt Mayt~sof Utnfldn: The Evoltltion oJa Higltland Guntemnla Kitzghm. Ncjrman: University of OklaFLc>maPress. Carsten, fanet, and Stephen Hugh-Jones, eds. 19%. Aboztt the House: Ldzli-Strnuss alzd B q o ~ z dCambridge: , Cambridge University Press. Chance, John K. 1998, "Descent and the Nahua Noble House," Paper presented at the American Anthopafogical Asst~ciation,PhiladelpKa. Chase, Arlen E, and Diane Z. Chase, 1992. "Mesoarnerican Elites: Assumptions, Definitions, and Models." h I[nP>ianeZ . Chase and Arlen E Chase, eds., Mesoalrzerican Elites: A n Arcl2neaEogiml Assessnzent, pp. 3-17, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1996, "The Organization and Composition of Classic Lowland Maya Society: The View Erc3rn Caracol, Beiize." h Mrulfia J. Macri and Jan McHargue, eds., Eighftr Palenqz~eRoztr~dTable, 2993, pp. 243-222. Merle Creene Robertson, general editor. San Francisco: Pre-Coturnbian Art Research Institute, CLaessen, P-ienri J, M,, and Jarich C. Qosten. 1996. "Disrrssion and Cc~nsicleratians." h Henri J, M, CXaessen and Jarich G, Oostm, eds., Ideology n ~ the d Formation oJ Early Stales, pp. 359-405. Studies in Human Sc>cietyvol. 2.1E~iden:E. J. Brill. Coe, MichaeX D. 1973. The
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