Political Strategies In Pre-columbian Mesoamerica
by Joanne Baron /
2016 / English / PDF
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Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers
must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique
position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet
simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the
commonalities shared by all.
Political authority contains an inherent contradiction. Rulers
must reinforce social inequality and bolster their own unique
position at the top of the sociopolitical hierarchy, yet
simultaneously emphasize social similarities and the
commonalities shared by all.Political Strategies in
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Political Strategies in
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica explores the different and
complex ways that those who exercised authority in the region
confronted this contradiction.
explores the different and
complex ways that those who exercised authority in the region
confronted this contradiction.
New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican
archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation
of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and
subjects and between nobles and commoners. The contributions
span the geographic breadth and temporal extent of
pre-Columbian Mesoamerica—from Preclassic Oaxaca to the Classic
Petén region of Guatemala to the Postclassic Michoacán—and the
contributors weave together archaeological, epigraphic, and
ethnohistoric data.
New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican
archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation
of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and
subjects and between nobles and commoners. The contributions
span the geographic breadth and temporal extent of
pre-Columbian Mesoamerica—from Preclassic Oaxaca to the Classic
Petén region of Guatemala to the Postclassic Michoacán—and the
contributors weave together archaeological, epigraphic, and
ethnohistoric data.
Grappling with the questions of how those exercising authority
convince others to follow and why individuals often choose to
recognize and comply with authority,
Grappling with the questions of how those exercising authority
convince others to follow and why individuals often choose to
recognize and comply with authority,Political Strategies in
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Political Strategies in
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica discusses why the study of
political authority is both timely and significant, reviews how
scholars have historically understood the operation of
political authority, and proposes a new analytical framework to
understand how rulers rule.
discusses why the study of
political authority is both timely and significant, reviews how
scholars have historically understood the operation of
political authority, and proposes a new analytical framework to
understand how rulers rule.
Contributors include Sarah B. Barber, Joanne Baron,
Christopher S. Beekman, Jeffrey Brzezinski, Bryce Davenport,
Charles Golden, Takeshi Inomata, Arthur A. Joyce, Sarah
Kurnick, Carlo J. Lucido, Simon Martin, Tatsuya Murakami, Helen
Perlstein Pollard, and Víctor Salazar Chávez.
Contributors include Sarah B. Barber, Joanne Baron,
Christopher S. Beekman, Jeffrey Brzezinski, Bryce Davenport,
Charles Golden, Takeshi Inomata, Arthur A. Joyce, Sarah
Kurnick, Carlo J. Lucido, Simon Martin, Tatsuya Murakami, Helen
Perlstein Pollard, and Víctor Salazar Chávez.