{"product_id":"a-forest-of-history-the-maya-after-the-emergence-of-divine-kingship-paperback","title":"A Forest of History: The Maya After the Emergence of Divine Kingship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis W. Stanton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eM. Kathryn Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Freidel and Linda Schele's monumental work \u003ci\u003eA Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) offered an innovative, rigorous, and controversial approach to studying the ancient Maya, unifying archaeological, iconographic, and epigraphic data in a form accessible to both scholars and laypeople. Travis Stanton and Kathryn Brown's \u003ci\u003eA Forest of History: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Maya after the Emergence of Divine Kingship\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of essays that critically engage with and build upon the lasting contributions \u003ci\u003eA Forest of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e made to Maya epigraphy, iconography, material culture, and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These original papers present new, cutting-edge research focusing on the social changes leading up to the spread of divine kingship across the lowlands in the first part of the Early Classic. The contributors continue avenues of inquiry such as the timing of the Classic Maya collapse across the southern lowlands, the nature of Maya warfare, the notion of usurpation and \"stranger-kings\" in the Classic period, the social relationships between the ruler and elite of the Classic period Yaxchilán polity, and struggles for sociopolitical dominance among the later Classic period polities of Chichén Itzá, Cobá, and the Puuc kingdoms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many of the interpretations and approaches in \u003ci\u003eA Forest of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e have withstood the test of time, while others have not; a complete understanding of the Classic Maya world is still developing. In \u003ci\u003eA Forest of History \u003c\/i\u003erecent discoveries are considered in the context of prior scholarship, illustrating both the progress the field has made in the past quarter century and the myriad questions that remain. The volume will be a significant contribution to the literature for students, scholars, and general readers interested in Mesoamerican and Maya archaeology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: \u003cbr\u003e Wendy Ashmore, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Wilberth Cruz Alvarado, Arthur A. Demarest, Keith Eppich, David A. Freidel, Charles W. Golden, Stanley P. Guenter, Annabeth Headrick, Aline Magnoni, Joyce Marcus, Marilyn A. Masson, Damaris Menéndez, Susan Milbrath, Olivia C. Navarro-Farr, José Osorio León, Carlos Peraza Lope, Juan Carlos Pérez Calderón, Griselda Pérez Robles, Francisco Pérez Ruíz, Michelle Rich, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Andrew K. Scherer, Karl A. Taube\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravis W. Stanton\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. He is codirector of the Proyecto de Interacción Política del Centro de Yucatán with Traci Ardren and of the Proyecto Sacbé Yaxuná-Cobá with Aline Magnoni and Traci Ardren. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eRuins of the Past\u003ci\u003e, The Archaeology of Yucatán, The Past in the Present, and Before Kukulkán.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Kathryn Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lutcher Brown Endowed Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the director of the Mopan Valley Preclassic Project in Belize. Her research focuses on the role of ritual and religion in the rise of complexity in the Maya lowlands. She has numerous publications including two coedited books titled \u003ci\u003ePathways to Complexity \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAncient Mesoamerican Warfare.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160122822791,"sku":"9781646422357","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/18a89e06b1346335593835b7361fbbe7.webp?v=1733271753","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-forest-of-history-the-maya-after-the-emergence-of-divine-kingship-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}