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The Ancient Urban Maya

Neighborhoods, Inequality, and Built Form

 

SCOTT R. HUTSON

A volume in the series Ancient Cities of the New World, edited by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek

 

In The Ancient Urban Maya, Scott Hutson examines ancient Maya cities and argues that, despite the hazards of urban life, these places continued to lure people for many centuries. With built forms that welcomed crowds, neighborhoods that offered domestic comforts, marketplaces that facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas, and the opportunities to expand social networks and capital, the Maya used their cities in familiar ways. 

 

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Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

EDITED BY GYLES IANNONE, BRETT A. HOUK, AND SONJA A. SCHWAKE

A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

 

This is the first comprehensive volume to focus on the varied responses to the failure of Classic period dynasties in the southern lowlands. The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king and the demise of the traditional institution of kingship in the early ninth century AD--a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change.

"A valuable contribution to our knowledge of the events surrounding the collapse of the ancient Maya in the Late and Terminal Classic periods, particularly the death of kings and the failure of the institution of divine kingship."--Lisa LeCount, coeditor of Classic Maya Provincial Politics: Xunantunich and Its Hinterlands

 

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Archaeology of East Asian Shipbuilding

JUN KIMURA

 

In this innovative study, Jun Kimura integrates historical data with archaeological findings to examine a wide array of eleventh- through nineteenth-century ships from China, Korea, and Japan. Chinese junks and Japanese sailing ships were known throughout the world, and this work illustrates why their innovative designs have survived the centuries.

"The most comprehensive technical inventory of East Asian shipbuilding and shipwrecks available to date, this detailed analysis refines our understanding of East Asia ship construction."

--Hans Konrad Van Tilburg, author of Chinese Junks on the Pacific: Views from a Different Deck

 

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New Histories of Pre-Columbian Florida

 

EDITED BY NEILL J. WALLIS AND ASA R. RANDALL

A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

 

Representing the next wave of southeastern archaeology, the essays in this book resoundingly argue that Florida is a crucial hub of archaeological inquiry. Contributors use new data to challenge well-worn models of environmental determinism and localized social contact. Themes of monumentality, human alterations of landscapes, the natural environment, ritual and mortuary practices, and coastal adaptations demonstrate the diversity, empirical richness, and broader anthropological significance of Florida's aboriginal past.

"An exceptional resource."

-- Journal of Anthropological Research

"Provides an impressive array of the latest information and fresh perspectives on precolumbian Florida....Its contributors innovatively engage new information in explaining how Native Americans fashioned their own histories."-- American Antiquity