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Ancient Maya Political Dynamics Maya Studies University Press of Florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola Ancient Maya Political Dynamics Antonia E. Foias Foreword by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase University Press of Florida Gainesville · Tallahassee · Tampa · Boca Raton Pensacola · Orlando · Miami · Jacksonville · Ft. Myers · Sarasota Copyright 2013 by Antonia E. Foias All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America. This book is printed on Glatfelter Natures Book, a paper certified under the standards of the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). It is a recycled stock that contains 30 percent post-consumer waste and is acid-free The publication of this book is made possible in part by a grant from Williams College. This book may be available in an electronic edition. 18 17 16 15 14 13 6 5 4 3 2 1 A record of cataloging-in-publication data is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8130-4422-4 University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Political Anthropology, Archaeology, and Ancient Politics 24 3. Archaeological Studies of Ancient Politics 46 4. Reconstructing Classic Maya Polities: The Macro Scale of Political Analysis 59 5. Internal Dynamics, Bureaucracy, and Political Centralization: The Middle Scale of Political Analysis 111 6. The Flow and Use of Power: The Micro Scale of Political Analysis 165 7. Conclusions: Toward an Archaeology of Power 220 References Cited 231 Index 281 Figures 1.1. Map of the Maya region 8 4.1. The three polities of Late Classic Greater Rosario Valley, Chiapas, Mexico 65 4.2. Map of the core of Tenam Rosario 67 4.3. Location of Motul de San José and nearby sites in the Central Peten Lakes region, Guatemala 88 5.1. Classic Maya political titles 118 5.2. Map showing the site components of Blue Creek, Belize 135 5.3. K1728, the Tribute Vase of the Ik’ Style, depicting Motul’s ruler K’inich Lamaw Ek’ receiving tribute from a sajal 141 5.4. K4996, showing Motul’s ruler Tayal/Tayel Chan K’inich receiving tribute from three lakams 145 5.5. Map of Motul de San José, Peten, Guatemala 148 6.1. K8889, example of an Ik’ Style vessel displaying a heterarchical positioning of rulers and other elites 183 6.2. K534, a second example of an Ik’ Style vessel displaying a heterarchical positioning of rulers and other elites 184 6.3. K1399, a third example of an Ik’ Style vessel displaying a heterarchical positioning of rulers and other elites 185 6.4. K6341, an Ik’ Style vase depicting a palace scene from the royal court of Motul de San José 185 6.5. K3984, an Ik’ Style vase depicting a war presentation scene in the royal court of Motul de San José 187 6.6. K1453, an Ik’ Style Vase showing a feast in the court of Motul’s ruler Sihyaj K’awiil 190 Tables 1.1. Pre-Columbian chronology of the Maya region 3 4.1. Titles associated with administrative positions from Postclassic–Contact Yucatan, seventeenth-century Peten Itza and possible equivalencies from the Classic period 95 6.1. Types of political events depicted on Ik’ Style polychrome vessels 177
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