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From the Maya margins: images of Postclassic politics
late lowland maya civilization : classic to postclassic • Albuquerque • Published In 1986 • Pages: 199-222
By: Miller, Arthur G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Miller sees the Postclassic starting in 1230 B.P. (770 A.D.) as signaled by changes in the murals and architecture in Quintana Roo. These changes were brought about by a migration of Chontal Maya along the coast. A second migration occurred around 600 B.P. (1400 A.D.). Miller uses the analogy of the Vikings raiding and then becoming the rulers in parts of Europe to speculate on the Chontal arrival and then political integration. Miller believes the native Maya continued to live inland and farm while the new Chontal Maya settled on the coast and were traders.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Topography and geology
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- Chief executive
- Instigation of war
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Postclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1230 BP - 480 BP (770 A.D. - 1520 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Quintana Roo, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arthur G. Miller
- For bibliographical references see document number 6:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85016513
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities