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001 2011005674
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008 110211s2011 couab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781607320623 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1607320622 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781607320630 (e-book)
020 $a1607320630 (e-book)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn642837967
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050 00 $aF1505.1.N33$bS36 2011
082 00 $a972.83/01$222
100 1 $aSchortman, Edward M.
245 10 $aNetworks of power :$bpolitical relations in the late postclassic Naco Valley, Honduras /$cEdward Schortman and Patricia Urban.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bUniversity Press of Colorado,$cc2011.
300 $axx, 277 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aMesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.
520 $aLittle is known about how Late Postclassic populations in southeast Mesoamerica organized their political relations. Networks of Power fills gaps in the knowledge of this little-studied area, reconstructing the course of political history in the Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. --
520 $aDescribing the material and behavioral patterns pertaining to the Late Postclassic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of northwestern Honduras, the book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on network of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages. --
520 $aNetworks of Power describes who was involved in these competitions and in which network drew participated; what resources were mustered within these webs; which projects were fueled by these assets; and how, and to what extent, they contributed to the achievement of political aims. --Book Jacket.
650 0 $aMayas$zHonduras$zNaco Valley$xKings and rulers.
650 0 $aMayas$zHonduras$zNaco Valley$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aMayas$zHonduras$zNaco Valley$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)$zHonduras$zNaco Valley.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)$zHonduras$zNaco Valley.
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zHonduras$zNaco Valley.
650 0 $aSocial archaeology$zHonduras$zNaco Valley.
651 0 $aNaco Valley (Honduras)$xAntiquities.
700 1 $aUrban, Patricia A.$q(Patricia Ann),$d1950-
830 0 $aMesoamerican worlds.