Networks of Power: Political Relations in the Late Postclassic Naco Valley PDF
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Networks of Power Mesoamerican Worlds: From the Olmecs to the Danzantes General Editors: Davíd Carrasco and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Editorial Board: Alfredo López Austin, Anthony Aveni, Elizabeth Boone, William Fash, Charles H. Long, Leonardo López Luján, and Eleanor Wake After Monte Albán, Jeffrey P. Blomster, editor The Apotheosis of Janaab’ Pakal, Gerardo Aldana Carrying the Word, Susanna Rostas Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica, Nancy Gonlin and Jon C. Lohse, editors Conquered Conquistadors, Florine Asselbergs Empires of Time, Anthony Aveni Encounter with the Plumed Serpent, Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez In the Realm of Nachan Kan, Marilyn A. Masson Invasion and Transformation, Rebecca P. Brienen and Margaret A. Jackson, editors The Kowoj, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice, editors Life and Death in the Templo Mayor, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma The Lords of Lambityeco, Michael Lind and Javier Urcid The Madrid Codex, Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni, editors Maya Creation Myths, Timothy W. Knowlton Maya Daykeeping, John M. Weeks, Frauke Sachse, and Christian M. Prager Maya Worldviews at Conquest, Leslie G. Cecil and Timothy W. Pugh, editors Mesoamerican Ritual Economy, E. Christian Wells and Karla L. Davis-Salazar, editors Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage, Davíd Carrasco, Lindsay Jones, and Scott Sessions, editors Mexico’s Indigenous Communities, Ethelia Ruiz Medrano, translated by Russ Davidson Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God, Guilhem Olivier, translated by Michel Besson Negotiation within Domination, Ethelia Ruiz Medrano and Susan Kellogg, editors; translated by Russ Davidson Networks of Power, Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban Rabinal Achi, Alain Breton, editor; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan and Robert Schneider Representing Aztec Ritual, Eloise Quiñones Keber, editor Ruins of the Past, Travis W. Stanton and Aline Magnoni, editors Skywatching in the Ancient World, Clive Ruggles and Gary Urton, editors Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community, Dean E. Arnold The Social Experience of Childhood in Mesoamerica, Traci Ardren and Scott R. Hutson, editors Stone Houses and Earth Lords, Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady, editors The Sun God and the Savior, Guy Stresser-Péan Sweeping the Way, Catherine DiCesare Tamoanchan, Tlalocan, Alfredo López Austin Thunder Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Anath Ariel de Vidas; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, H. B. Nicholson The World Below, Jacques Galinier NETWORKS OF POWER Political Relations in the Late Postclassic Naco Valley, Honduras edward schortman and Patricia Urban U N i v e r s i t y P r e s s o f C o l o r a d o © 2011 by the University Press of Colorado Published by the University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of the Association of American University Presses. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Met- ropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materi- als. ANSI Z39.48-1992 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schortman, Edward M. Networks of power : political relations in the late postclassic Naco Valley / Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60732-062-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60732-063-0 (e-book : alk. paper) 1. Mayas—Honduras—Naco Valley—Kings and rulers. 2. Mayas—Honduras—Naco Valley—Politics and government. 3. Mayas—Honduras—Naco Valley—Antiquities. 4. Power (Social sciences)—Honduras—Naco Valley. 5. Elites (Social sciences)—Honduras—Naco Valley. 6. Excavations (Archaeology)—Honduras—Naco Valley. 7. Social archaeology— Honduras—Naco Valley. 8. Naco Valley (Honduras)—Antiquities. I. Urban, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1950– II. Title. F1505.1.N33S36 2011 972.83'01—dc22 2011005674 Design by Daniel Pratt 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To don Luis Nolasco for his companionship and sincere commitment to Naco and its prehistory. Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Foreword by Davíd Carrasco and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma xv Acknowledgments xix One Introduction 1 TwO The Interpretive Structure 27 Three Activity Structures and Networks at Site PVN 306 45 FOur Activity Structures and Networks at Site PVN 144 93 Five Activity Patterning at Roble Phase Naco 125 Six Power in the Roble Phase Naco Valley 145 Seven Crafts and Power 159 eighT Ritual, Ideology, and Power 181 nine Networks and Social Memory 203 Ten Conclusions 219 Reference List 245 Index 271 vii Figures 1.1 Map of Mesoamerica showing major sites and areas mentioned in the text 3 1.2 Map of the Naco valley showing the distribution of known Roble phase (Late Postclassic) settlements 11 1.3 Map of Southeast Mesoamerica showing sites and areas mentioned in the text 14 1.4 Selection of diagnostic Naco Viejo Ceramic Complex forms 15 3.1 Map of Site PVN 306 46 3.2 Section through Structure 306-105 at Site PVN 306 48 3.3 Structure 306-21, section, at Site PVN 306 54 3.4 Structure 306-128, section, at Site PVN 306 56 3.5 Structure 306-125, plan 58 3.6 Structure 306-17, plan 62 3.7 Structure 306-17, section 63 3.8 Structure 306-17, northern steps and bordering terraces 63 3.9 Monument 1, found atop Structure 306-17 64 ix
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