Politics of the Maya court : hierarchy and change in the late classic period
"In recent decades, advances in deciphering Maya hieroglyphic writing have given scholars new tools for understanding key aspects of ancient Maya society. This book - the first comprehensive examination of the Maya royal court - exemplifies the importance of these new sources. Authored by anthropologist Sarah E. Jackson and richly illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps, Politics of the Maya Court uses hieroglyphic and iconographic evidence to explore the composition and social significance of royal courts in the Late Classic period (a.d. 600–900), with a special emphasis on the role of courtly elites
Print Book, English, ©2013
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, ©2013
History
173 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
9780806143415, 080614341X
813300656
Entering the classic Maya royal court
Profiles of courtly officials : individual histories and political positions
Membership in the court : action and identity
Courtly variation and change
Metaphors, from the quotidian to the sublime
Leaving the court
Appendix : Occurrences of courtly titles