In influential studies over the last 10 years, cultural diversity within Mesoamerica has been categorized according to two opposed political-economic strategies. In the network strategy power is wielded by individuals, while in the corporate strategy power is shared among large corporate groups. The Classic Maya are believed to have followed the network strategy, whereas Teotihuacan exhibited the corporate strategy. Maya emphasis on depictions of named kings, elaborate burials, and palaces are considered evidence for the individualizing network strategy. However, the archaeological distinction between the two strategies relies on the presence of representations of persons. The anthropological literature on personhood demonstrates difficulti...
Mesoamerican archaeological research has made recent inroads toward an understanding of the cultural...
Recent archaeological explorations elsewhere in the northern Maya lowlands have provided enough evid...
Notwithstanding social anthropologist’s perception of "the Maya” as a homogenous group, serious doub...
El presente trabajo pone en diálogo dos ámbitos que hasta el momento se habían mantenido separados...
Beyond other interpretations of prehispanic Maya government systems (centralized or democratically d...
This article intends to bring together Luis Felipe Bate’s theoretical proposal on initial class soci...
Inferring ancient social and political organization from the archaeological record is a difficult ta...
In a series of articles I reflect on the use of various expressions which are connected to what we c...
Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in t...
Classic period Maya rulers are often reduced to "ideal types" and are discussed in terms that would ...
Haciendas were not exclusive for "white" powerful groups, since they were available for the Maya. Ha...
The present study has as a general objective to explore the Mayan identities during pre-Hispanic tim...
This paper studies the concepts about the social function of the ruler in the prehispanic, colonial ...
Parting from the project Etnografía de las localidades aledañas a las zonas arqueológicas abiertas a...
This article examines the significance of outlying groups in the spatial organization of Classic May...
Mesoamerican archaeological research has made recent inroads toward an understanding of the cultural...
Recent archaeological explorations elsewhere in the northern Maya lowlands have provided enough evid...
Notwithstanding social anthropologist’s perception of "the Maya” as a homogenous group, serious doub...
El presente trabajo pone en diálogo dos ámbitos que hasta el momento se habían mantenido separados...
Beyond other interpretations of prehispanic Maya government systems (centralized or democratically d...
This article intends to bring together Luis Felipe Bate’s theoretical proposal on initial class soci...
Inferring ancient social and political organization from the archaeological record is a difficult ta...
In a series of articles I reflect on the use of various expressions which are connected to what we c...
Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands investigates Maya political and social structure in t...
Classic period Maya rulers are often reduced to "ideal types" and are discussed in terms that would ...
Haciendas were not exclusive for "white" powerful groups, since they were available for the Maya. Ha...
The present study has as a general objective to explore the Mayan identities during pre-Hispanic tim...
This paper studies the concepts about the social function of the ruler in the prehispanic, colonial ...
Parting from the project Etnografía de las localidades aledañas a las zonas arqueológicas abiertas a...
This article examines the significance of outlying groups in the spatial organization of Classic May...
Mesoamerican archaeological research has made recent inroads toward an understanding of the cultural...
Recent archaeological explorations elsewhere in the northern Maya lowlands have provided enough evid...
Notwithstanding social anthropologist’s perception of "the Maya” as a homogenous group, serious doub...