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TERMINAL LONG COUNT DATES AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF CLASSIC PERIOD MAYA POLITIES
Claire E. Ebert, Keith M. Prufer, Martha J. Macri, Bruce Winterhalder, Douglas J. Kennett
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Ancient Mesoamerica / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / Fall 2014

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22 January 2015, pp. 337-356

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Fall 2014
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Analyses of terminal long count dates from stone monuments in the Maya lowlands have played a central role in characterizing the rise and “collapse” of polities during the Late and Terminal Classic periods (a.d. 730–910). Previous studies propose a directional abandonment of large political centers from west-to-east. We retest the west-to-east hypothesis, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics to analyze an updated dataset of 89 terminal dates from the Maya Hieroglyphic Database (MHD). Our results do not support a directional collapse, but instead suggest a contraction of Terminal Classic polities around seven core areas in the Maya lowlands. Three regions demonstrate distinct subregional abandonments of monument carving over a period of 24 to 127 years, consistent with independent archaeological data for each region. Advances in GIS, spatial statistics, and related methods applied to an increasingly detailed and comprehensive epigraphic and archaeological database provide a foundation for examining long-term sociopolitical dynamics in the Maya lowlands.

Montane Foragers: Asana and the South-Central Andean Archaic. Mark S. Aldenderfer. University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1998. xv + 327 pp., 176 figures, bibliography, index. $39.95 (cloth).
Bruce Winterhalder
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Latin American Antiquity / Volume 10 / Issue 1 / March 1999

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20 January 2017, pp. 96-98

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March 1999
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The Foraging Spectrum: Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways. Robert L. Kelly. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1995. xvi + 446 pp., figures, tables, references cited, index. $60.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Bruce Winterhalder
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American Antiquity / Volume 61 / Issue 4 / October 1996

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20 January 2017, pp. 797-798

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October 1996
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Population and Technological Change; A Study of Long-term Trends. Ester Boserup. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1981. xi + 255 pp., tables, biblio., index. $17.50 (cloth). - Demographic Archaeology. Fekri A. Hassan. Academic Press, New York, 1981. xiii + 298 pp., figures, tables, biblio., index. $32.00 (cloth).
Bruce Winterhalder
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American Antiquity / Volume 48 / Issue 1 / January 1983

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20 January 2017, pp. 196-199

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January 1983
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TERMINAL LONG COUNT DATES AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF CLASSIC PERIOD MAYA POLITIES

Montane Foragers: Asana and the South-Central Andean Archaic. Mark S. Aldenderfer. University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1998. xv + 327 pp., 176 figures, bibliography, index. $39.95 (cloth).

The Foraging Spectrum: Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways. Robert L. Kelly. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1995. xvi + 446 pp., figures, tables, references cited, index. $60.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

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TERMINAL LONG COUNT DATES AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF CLASSIC PERIOD MAYA POLITIES

Montane Foragers: Asana and the South-Central Andean Archaic. Mark S. Aldenderfer. University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1998. xv + 327 pp., 176 figures, bibliography, index. $39.95 (cloth).

The Foraging Spectrum: Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways. Robert L. Kelly. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1995. xvi + 446 pp., figures, tables, references cited, index. $60.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).