Maya Postclassic State Formation by John W Fox
John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the crucial Classic-Postclassic transition that determined the shape of the later Maya state. Drawing this data from ethnographic analogy and native chronicles as well as archaeology, he identifies segmentary lineage organisation as the key to understanding both the political organisation and the long-distance migrations observed among the Quiche Maya of Guatemala and Mexico. The first part of the book traces the origins of the Quiche, Itza and Xiu to the homeland on the Mexican Gulf coast where they acquired their potent Toltec mythology and identifies early segmentary lineages that developed as a result of social forces in the frontier zone. Dr Fox then matches the known anthropological characteristics of segmentary lineages against the Mayan kinship relationships described in documents and deduced from the spatial patterning within Quiche towns and cities. His conclusion, that the inherently fissile nature of segmentary lineages caused the leapfrogging migrations of up to 500km observed amongst the Maya, offers a convincing solution to a problem that has long puzzled scholars.-
The Collapse of Complex Societies
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Maritime Archaeology
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Religion and Empire
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Interpreting the Axe Trade
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A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves
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Ancient Mesoamerica
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Prehistoric Farming in Europe
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Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
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Culture Contact Culture Chan
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House and Society in the Ancient Greek World
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Prehistoric Adaptation in the American Southwest
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Artefacts as Categories
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Production and Exchange of Stone Tools
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Problems in Neolithic Archaeology
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Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain
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Forest Farmers and Stockherders
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Three Thousand Years in Africa
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The Iron Age Community of Osteria dell'Osa
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The Chinese Neolithic
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Making History in Banda
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The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture
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The Limits of Settlement Growth
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Stylistic Variation in Prehistoric Ceramics
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Burial and Ancient Society
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Domestic Ceramic Production and Spatial Organization
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An Ethnography of the Neolithic
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Ecology and Ceramic Production in an Andean Community
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Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes
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Nomads in Archaeology
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Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership
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The Archaeology of Rank
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The Archaeology of Political Structure
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Emerging Complexity
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The Chaco Anasazi
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Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process
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Thoughtful Foragers
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Art and the Early Greek State
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Style and Society in Dark Age Greece
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Symbols in Action
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The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms
John Fox received a BA from the City College of New York and a PhD from the University of Michigan, both in Sociology. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he was previously the Senator William McMaster Professor of Social Statistics. Prior to coming to McMaster, he was Professor of Sociology, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, and Coordinator of the Statistical Consulting Service at York University in Toronto. Professor Fox is the author of many articles and books on applied statistics, including \emph{Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Third Edition} (Sage, 2016). He is an elected member of the R Foundation, an associate editor of the Journal of Statistical Software, a prior editor of R News and its successor the R Journal, and a prior editor of the Sage Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences monograph series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521101950 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521101956 |
| Title | Maya Postclassic State Formation |
| Author | John W Fox |
| Series | New Studies In Archaeology |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-12-18 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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