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Introductionessay 1986 • Freidel, David A.
Preclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is the introductory chapter to the site report, 'Archaeology at Cerros, Belize, Central America' (doc. nos. 52-63). Cerros is a Late Preclassic Mayan site on the shore of Chetumal Bay, near the mouth of the New River in northern Belize. The Cerr...The monumental architectureessay 1986 • Freidel, David A.
Preclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This a report on the test excavations and stratigraphy of the monumental architecture at Cerros. The monumental architecture includes five large pyramidal structures and associated plazas and small structures in the central precinct. Freidal gives th...Continuity and disjunctionessay 1981 • Freidel, David A.
Postclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Freidel examines two major concepts in this document and its effect on Maya society -- that of continuity and disjunction. In this work continuity is discussed in terms of the cultural transition from the Classic to the Postcalssic period which had a...New light on the dark ageessay 1985 • Freidel, David A.
Postclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
In this article Freidel presents a thematic summary of the Maya Postclassic period based on a collection of papers appearing in the NY54 Postclassic Maya file as eHRAF documents nos. 7-29 passim. These papers are discussed from the standpoint of thre...Terminal Classic lowland Mayaessay 1986 • Freidel, David A.
Postclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Freidel examines the 'political' economies and argues for the existence of cartels during the Classic Period. These cartels existed between certain city/states. Freidel believes the Classic 'collapse' in the southern Maya Lowlands could be tied to co...Kingship in the Late Preclassic Maya lowlandsarticle 1988 • Freidel, David A. & Schele, Linda
Preclassic Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
In this article, Freidal and Schele explore the Preclassic origins of Mayan kingship, the institution of AHAW. They argue that the institution developed in the first century B.C. to accommodate contradictions between an egalitarian ethos and emerging...