Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
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Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

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Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings

About this book

Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and destruction of monuments and even violent death. This is the first comprehensive volume to focus on the varied responses to the failure of Classic period dynasties in the southern lowlands. The contributors offer new insights into the Maya "collapse," evaluating the trope of the scapegoat king and the demise of the traditional institution of kingship in the early ninth century AD--a time of intense environmental, economic, social, political, and even ideological change. A volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Scapegoat King: The Anatomy of a Model
  11. 3. Killing the “Kings of Stone”: The Defacement of Classic Maya Monuments
  12. 4. Concepts of Legitimacy and Social Dynamics: Termination Ritual and the Last King of Aguateca, Guatemala
  13. 5. The Life and Afterlife of the Classic Period Piedras Negras Kingdom
  14. 6. Destruction Events and Political Truncation at the Little Kingdom of Minanha, Belize
  15. 7. The Collapses in the West and the Violent Ritual Termination of the Classic Maya Capital Center of Cancuen: Causes and Consequences
  16. 8. Social-Political Manifestations of the Terminal Classic: Colha, Northern Belize, as a Case Study
  17. 9. Signs of the Times: Terminal Classic Surface Deposits and the Fates of Maya Kingdoms in Northwestern Belize
  18. 10. Events and Processes Leading to the Abandonment of the Maya City of Blue Creek, Belize
  19. 11. Dynamic Transitions at El Perú-Waka’: Late Terminal Classic Ritual Repurposing of a Monumental Shrine
  20. 12. Lords of the Life Force and Their People: Reflections on Ritual Violence and Reverence in the Maya Archaeological Record
  21. References
  22. List of Contributors
  23. Index