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Tsubasa OKOSHI
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2021/03 |
| Type | Book(s) |
| Title | Maya Kingship: Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times |
| Contribution Type | Multiple author(s) |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | University Press of Florida, Gainesville |
| Total page number | 449 |
| Authorship | Lead author |
| International coauthorship | International coauthorship |
| Author and coauthor | Tsubasa Okoshi, Arlen F. Chase, Philippe Nondédéo, and Charlotte M. Arnauld (eds.) |
| Details | Examining changes to the institution of divine kingship from 750 to 950 CE in the Maya lowland cities, Maya Kingship presents a new way of studying the collapse of that civilization and the transformation of political systems between the
Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods. Leading experts in Maya studies offer insights into the breakdown of kingship regimes, as well as the gradual urban collapse and settlement relocations that followed. The volume illuminates historical factors and actions that led to the end of the institution across kingdoms and the mechanisms that enabled societies to eventually recover with new political structures. Unfolding with precision the chains of processes and events that occurred during the ninth and tenth centuries in the southern lowlands, and slightly later in the north, this volume displays an original and ambitious historical approach central to understanding one of the most radical political shifts to occur in the pre-Columbian Americas. |
| ISBN | 978-0-8130-6669-1 |