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K'axob
Patricia A. . Ed(S): McAnany
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Description for K'axob
K'axob is a Mayan site in the north of modern-day Belize. This site has been carefully excavated to reveal millennium-long occupation. The book is complemented by an accompanying interactive CD. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A. Series: Monumenta Archaeologica. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus., CD. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Shortly after 800 B.C., a village was founded in the wetland and riverine habitat of northern Belize. Now called K'axob, this Maya community grew and prospered through Formative and Classic times. A millennial-long record of Formative life has been investigated archaeologically by peeling back the closely stratified layers of superimposed domiciles. These houses, their domestic and mortuary features, and associated artifacts reveal a conscious construction of identity and shed light on the manner in which materiality was manipulated in response to larger political dictates. Longterm stasis in material remains suggests that artisan production played a key role in social reproduction, ... Read more
Shortly after 800 B.C., a village was founded in the wetland and riverine habitat of northern Belize. Now called K'axob, this Maya community grew and prospered through Formative and Classic times. A millennial-long record of Formative life has been investigated archaeologically by peeling back the closely stratified layers of superimposed domiciles. These houses, their domestic and mortuary features, and associated artifacts reveal a conscious construction of identity and shed light on the manner in which materiality was manipulated in response to larger political dictates. Longterm stasis in material remains suggests that artisan production played a key role in social reproduction, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Monumenta Archaeologica
Number of Pages
480
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781931745093
SKU
V9781931745093
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About Patricia A. . Ed(S): McAnany
Patricia A. McAnany is a professor of archaeology at Boston University and principal investigator for the K'axob Project.
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