Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Preface
- Living with the Ancestors: Kinship and Kingship in Ancient Maya Society
- Introduction to the Revised Edition
- ONE A Point of Departure
- TWO Ancestor Veneration and Lineage Organization in the Maya Region
- THREE Creating a Genealogy of Place
- FOUR Lineage as a Crucible of Inequality
- FIVE Kin Groups and Divine Kingship in Lowland Maya Society
- SIX Ancestors and Archaeology of Place
- POSTSCRIPT The Future of the Ancestors and the Clash between Science and Human Rights
- Notes
- References Cited
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Preface
- Living with the Ancestors: Kinship and Kingship in Ancient Maya Society
- Introduction to the Revised Edition
- ONE A Point of Departure
- TWO Ancestor Veneration and Lineage Organization in the Maya Region
- THREE Creating a Genealogy of Place
- FOUR Lineage as a Crucible of Inequality
- FIVE Kin Groups and Divine Kingship in Lowland Maya Society
- SIX Ancestors and Archaeology of Place
- POSTSCRIPT The Future of the Ancestors and the Clash between Science and Human Rights
- Notes
- References Cited
- Index
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- Living with the AncestorsKinship and Kingship in Ancient Maya Society, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014