The Classic Maya

Stephen Houston is the Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. The author of numerous books and articles, he is also an archaeologist who has excavated and mapped Classic Maya cities for more than 25 years. A MacArthur Fellow, Houston is also the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. Takeshi Inomata is Professor in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He has conducted archaeological investigation at the Maya Center of Aguateca and at Ceibal in Guatemala. His numerous publications examine Maya political organization, warfare, architecture, households, and social change.

• Part I. Setting: 1. Introduction; 2. Sociality; 3. Beginnings; 4. The Classic period; Part II. Social Actors: 5. Kings and queens, courts and palaces; 6. Nobles; 7. Gods, supernaturals, and ancestors; 8. Farmers; 9. Craftspeople and traders; 10. End of an era; Epilogue.

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