Stanton, Travis W., editorBrown, M. Kathryn, editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2020-07-092020-07-092020https://hdl.handle.net/10217/210725Includes bibliographical references and index.Essays that critically engage with and build upon previous contributions made to Maya epigraphy, iconography, material culture, and history. Cutting-edge research on the social changes leading up to the spread of divine kinship across the lowlands in the first part of the Early Classic.--Provided by publisher.See the forest for the trees: an introduction to the volume / Travis W. Stanton and M. Kathryn Brown -- "Terminal" termination rituals and the felling of A forest of kings: past struggles and recent triumphs of the core concepts of a seminal work / Arthur A. Demarest -- The materialization of Classic period Maya warfare: Caracol stranger-kings at Tikal / Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase -- Maya usurpers / Joyce Marcus -- Forest of queens: the legacy of royal Calakmul women at El Perú-Waka's central civic-ceremonial temple / Olivia C. Navarro-Farr, Griselda Pérez Robles, Damaris Menéndez, and Juan Carlos Pérez Calderón -- Statecraft in the City of the Centipede: burials 39, 38, and internal alliance building at El Perú-Waka', Guatemala / Michelle Rich and Keith Eppich -- Revisiting Bird Jaguar and the Sajal of the Yaxchilán Kingdom / Charles W. Golden and Andrew K. Scherer -- Macaw Mountain and ancient peoples of Southeast Mesoamerica / Wendy Ashmore -- Borderland politics: a reconsideration of the role of Yaxuná in regional Maya politics in the latter part of the Classic / Travis W. Stanton, Aline Magnoni, Stanley P. Guenter, José Osorio León, and Francisco Pérez Ruíz -- In search of paradise: religion and cultural exchange in Early Postclassic Mesoamerica / Karl A. Taube -- Empire at Chichén Itzá revisited / Annabeth Headrick -- Closing the portal at Itzmal Ch'en: effigy censers and termination rituals at a Mayapán ceremonial group / Marilyn A. Masson, Wilberth Cruz Alvarado, Carlos Peraza Lope, and Susan Milbrath -- On Copán Stela 11 and the origins of the ill omen of Katun 8 Ahau / Stanley P. Guenter -- Into the woods: archaeology, epigraphy, and iconography in Classic Maya studies / David A. Freidel.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Schele, Linda -- Forest of kingsMayas -- Kings and rulersMayas -- HistoryMayas -- AntiquitiesIndians of Central America -- AntiquitiesTikal Site (Guatemala) -- AntiquitiesCaracol Site (Belize) -- AntiquitiesCalakmul Site (Mexico)TextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.