Understanding Early Classic Copan

by BELL ELLEN E. (ED)

• ISBN13: 9781931707510
• ISBN10: 1931707510
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Univ Museum Pubns

Summary

The first volume to focus on the Early Classic context (AD 400-650) of the Maya city of Copan combines and synthesizes many different research methods and disciplines, interpreting data that contradict, enhance, and supplement previous work.

Author Biography

Ellen E. Bell received her Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Marcello A. Canuto is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Yale University. Robert J. Sharer is Professor of Anthropology and Curator of the American Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	x
Preface	xv
Chronology	xvi
Abbreviations	xvii
Understanding Early Classic Copan: A Classic Maya Center and Its Investigation	1	(16)
Marcello A. Canuto
Ellen E. Bell
Robert J. Sharer
I SETTLEMENT AND LANDSCAPE
The Early Classic Copan Landscape: A View from the Preclassic	17	(12)
Jay Hall
Rene Viel
The Rural Settlement of Copan: Changes Through the Early Classic	29	(24)
Marcello A. Canuto
II ARCHITECTURE AT EARLY CLASSIC COPAN
Redesigning Copan: Early Architecture of the Polity Center	53	(12)
Loa P. Traxler
Setting the Stage: Origins of the Hieroglyphic Stairway Plaza on the Great Period Ending	65	(20)
William L. Fash
Barbara W. Fash
Karla L. Davis-Salazar
Initial Stages in the Formation of the Copan Acropolis	85	(16)
David W. Sedat
Fernando Lopez
Rosalila, Temple of the Sun-King	101	(12)
Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle
Measures of Power: The Energetics of Royal Construction at Early Classic Copan	113	(18)
Christine W. Carrelli
III Early Classic Tombs at Copan and Their Investigation
Tombs and Burials in the Early Classic Acropolis at Copan	131	(28)
Ellen E. Bell
Robert J. Sharer
Loa P. Traxler
David W. Sedat
Christine W. Carrelli
Lynn A. Grant
Early Classic Ceramic Offerings at Copan: A Comparison of the Hunal, Margarita, and Sub-Jaguar Tombs	159	(32)
Dorie Reents-Budet
Ellen E. Bell
Loa P. Traxler
Ronald L. Bishop
Tombs from the Copan Acropolis: A Life History Approach	191	(24)
Jane E. Buikstra
T. Douglas Price
Lori E. Wright
James A. Burton
IV The Epigraphy and Iconography of Early Classic Copan
The Beginnings of the Copan Dynasty: A Review of the Hieroglyphic and Historical Evidence	215	(34)
David Stuart
Early Classic Sculptural Development at Copan	249	(16)
Barbara W. Fash
Structure 10L-16 and Its Early Classic Antecedents: Fire and the Evocation and Resurrection of K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'	265	(32)
Karl Taube
V Early Classic Copan from a Regional Perspective
External Interaction at Early Classic Copan	297	(22)
Robert J. Sharer
Marching Out of Step: Early Classic Copan and Its Honduran Neighbors	319	(18)
Edward M. Schortman
Patricia A. Urban
The Early Classic and Its Antecedents at Kaminaljuyu: A Complex Society with Complex Problems	337	(20)
Juan Antonio Valdes
Lori E. Wright
Primary and Secondary State Formation in Southern Mesoamerica	357	(18)
Joyce Marcus
Bibliography	375	(56)
Contributors	431	(2)
Index	433