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VOLUMETRIC AND STYLISTIC REASSESSMENT OF CLASSIC MAYA SITES IN THE PETEN, RÍO BEC, CHENES, AND PUUC HILLS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2003

R. E. W. Adams  and
Jane Jackson Adams
R. E. W. Adams
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78232-3509, USA
Jane Jackson Adams
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78232-3509, USA
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Abstract

This paper seeks to define and discuss the nature, size, variety, ideology, and change in the polities of three regions of the Maya Lowlands: the Greater Peten, Central Yucatan (Río Bec/Chenes), and the Puuc Hills. Patterned variety is demonstrable on all levels of analysis and even within stylistic regions, within suggested regional states, and within sites.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 139 - 150
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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