Utatlán : the constituted community of the K'iche' Maya of Q'umarkaj /

Utatlán : the constituted community of the K'iche' Maya of Q'umarkaj /

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Author / Creator:Babcock, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1947- author.
Imprint:Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Institute for Mesoamerican studies monograph series ; no. 15
IMS monograph ; 15.
Subject:
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region -- History.
Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region -- Antiquities.
Social archaeology -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region.
Ethnoarchaeology -- Guatemala -- Quiché Region.
Antiquities.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Quiché Indians.
Quiché Indians -- Antiquities.
Social archaeology.
Utatlan Site (Guatemala)
Quiché Region (Guatemala) -- Antiquities.
Guatemala -- Utatlan Site.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301200
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ISBN:9781607321552
1607321556
1457116995
9781457116995
9781607321545
1607321548
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:One of the most important Postclassic cities, Utatlán, in highland Guatemala, was excavated more than three decades ago. However, the data amassed by archaeologists have not been published until now. Details on architecture, pottery, burials, and artifacts, along with a focus on residential archaeology, make Utatlán: The Constituted Community of the K'iche' Maya of Q'umarkaj a significant contribution to Maya archaeology. Most information available on Utatlán focuses on the ceremonial center and ignores the city of the commoners. Using the archaeological data, Utatlán attempts to determine th.
Other form:Print version: Babcock, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1947- Utatlán. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2012 9781607321545
Table of Contents:
  • The Greater Utatlán Project : a constituted community of a late postclassic Maya capital
  • Greater Utatlán and Q'umarkaj in highland Guatemala
  • Methodology
  • Northern peripheral plateaus
  • Resguardo area
  • The Resguardo-Pakaman Ridge
  • Hillside mound and area of obsidian scatter
  • Pakaman area excavations
  • La comunidad
  • The Utatlán residence zone.

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