El Perú-Waka’
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El Perú-Waka’

New Archaeological Perspectives on the Kingdom of the Centipede

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El Perú-Waka’

New Archaeological Perspectives on the Kingdom of the Centipede

About this book

Recent research and discoveries at a prominent Maya rainforest city

 

This volume presents the most current research on the ancient Maya city El Perú-Waka’, or “Kingdom of the Centipede.” Located in the Laguna del Tigre National Park of Guatemala, this city has been a major focus of recent archaeological inquiry, which has uncovered a long occupation at the site spanning from 300 BC to 1000 CE. The chapters in El Perú-Waka’ examine the Maya who lived here and the rainforest city they built, complete with its pyramids, palaces, temples, roads, reservoirs, and residences.

Contributors reconstruct urban settlement patterns, look at health and dietary differences between elites and commoners, and analyze epigraphy and art, among other topics. The book includes a detailed discussion of the tomb of the city’s famous queen, Lady K’abel, showing that the queen’s choice to be interred within Waka’s most prominent dynastic monument demonstrates the power of Maya royal women to not only direct political discourse during their lives but also impact the reigns of their successors.

The evidence in this volume indicates the city’s importance in the political and ritual landscape of the Maya Lowlands, and with the site’s long record of habitation and dense population, this book offers researchers an unmatched view of ancient life in a tropical urban environment.


Contributors:  Matthew C. Ricker | Damien B. Marken | Juan Carlos Pérez | Diana N. Fridberg | Olivia C. Navarro-Farr | Sarah Van Oss | David Freidel | Griselda Pérez Robles | Elsa Damaris Menéndez | Mary Kate Kelly | Erin E. Patterson | Michelle Rich | Keith Eppich

 

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 Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. Foreword
  8. Part I. El Perú-Waka’ in the Maya World
  9. 1. Introduction to a Ruined City
  10. 2. Waka’ on the International Stage
  11. Part II. The Lived Urban Landscape
  12. 3. Fire, Earth, and Water: Settlement, Soils, and Hydrology at El Perú-Waka’
  13. 4. Repeopling the Cityscape of El Perú-Waka’: Classic Maya Social Models in an Urban Context
  14. 5. The Ancient Inhabitants of Waka’: Osteology, Demography, and Pathology of the Burials and Ritual Deposits
  15. Part III. Creating Monumental Landscapes and Experiences
  16. 6. Lady K’abel and the City’s Temple: Reinforcing Cosmic Order through Sacred Architecture
  17. 7. Iconographic Analysis of a Royal Funerary Ceramic: Examining the Serpent Vessel from Burial 61
  18. 8. Who Is the Pyramid? The Maya Tombs of a Royal Ancestral Structure and the Personing of Architecture at El Perú-Waka’
  19. 9. The Royal Palace of Waka’: A Preclassic to Terminal Classic Seat of Power
  20. 10. Animals in the Portal: Zooarchaeological Investigations at El Perú-Waka’, Structure M12-44, the Cuartito
  21. 11. World-Making: Turtle Mountain and the Oracle of Waka’
  22. List of Contributors
  23. Index