Arlen F. Chase

Arlen F. Chase, visiting professor of anthropology at Pomona College, California, is coeditor of Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands.

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The Lowland Maya Postclassic

University of Texas Press

This collection represents a major step forward in understanding the era from the end of Classic Maya civilization to the Spanish conquest.

  • Copyright year: 1985
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Maya E Groups

Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands

University Press of Florida

This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements. 

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Maya Kingship

Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times

University Press of Florida

Examining changes to the institution of divine kingship from 750 to 950 CE in the Maya lowland cities, this volume presents a new way of studying the collapse of that civilization and the transformation of political systems between the Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World

Mythic History and Ritual Order

University Press of Florida

This book discusses the range of ways the ancient Maya people expressed timekeeping in daily life through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices.

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Ancient Mesoamerican Population History

Urbanism, Social Complexity, and Change

The University of Arizona Press

Including research from both highland central Mexico and the tropical lowlands of the Maya and Olmec areas, this book reexamines demography in ancient Mesoamerica. Through new technology such as LiDAR (light detecting and ranging), the book provides new understandings of ancient Mesoamerican societies and how they changed over time.

  • Copyright year: 2024
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