![]() ![]() ![]() This study also highlights continuities at Trinidad during the latter half of the Late Classic period when Motul emerged as a political power and its sustaining area underwent demographic expansion. Cumulatively, these and other data support the proposition that Trinidad was a port. Midden excavations documented spectacular deposits behind Trinidad's ballcourt, indicating that it was a major locus for feasting and ritual throughout the Late Classic period. A complex harbor was identified, as was public plaza space more extensive than required by Trinidad's inhabitants. These investigations defined Trinidad as a moderate-sized center with an occupation extending from the Middle Preclassic to the Historical period. Research at Trinidad included survey household, midden, and stratigraphic excavations and ceramic and obsidian analyses. Located on the north shore of Guatemala's Lake Petén Itzá, 2.6 km south of Motul, and at the natural gateway to the area, Trinidad was well-positioned to serve as a port and intermediary between the inland capital and long-distance trade routes. This study was designed to assess the role of a Late Classic Maya political capital, Motul de San José, in long-distance trade through the examination of its principal secondary center, Trinidad de Nosotros. In addition, I wish to highlight why the study of ancient politics may be relevant for us today, and perhaps, our near future.Īlthough the largest Classic Maya political capitals are frequently assumed to have served as key nodes in long-distance trade networks, empirical data supporting this contention are surprisingly limited. Through this rich diachronic empirical case-study, I build upon and contribute to an anthropological archaeology of politics, to ancient political economy, and to Classic Maya historical archaeology. In addition, thanks to the rich historical record of La Corona and to a fine-tuned architectural sequence, I explore how the changing historical and geopolitical contexts of this polity transformed its government. ![]() By examining residences, political stages, passageways, administrative space, ancillary buildings, and middens, I seek to understand how Classic Maya politicians relied on economic and ritualized exchanges to effectively manage their regime. I study the last three construction phases of the north section of the La Corona regal palace and their two-century-long occupation to address a set of pragmatic questions. I rely on an assemblage of complementary datasets – architecture, macro-artifacts, hieroglyphic monuments, micro-artifacts, geochemical elements, and macro-botanical remains – to study how the La Corona royal court exercised political power. In order to address this anthropological political model, I examine the multi-dimensional archaeological record of the regal palace of La Corona, a small polity of northwest Guatemala that emerged during the Classic Period of Maya civilization (AD 250-950). Among premodern complex societies ruled by divine kingship, the regime is best described as a royal court, whose architectural institution corresponds to a regal palace. This approach emphasizes practices of communication between a ruling body and its political network, as reflected by the exchange of information and goods. I argue the politics of ancient civilizations may best be studied by focussing on their regime: the political community which coalesced when rulers assembled their allies within the seat of government. This dissertation departs from this tendency by investigating the exercise of power by the governments of premodern complex societies, or how ancient politicians organized their institutions. She is intended for an alternate vampire, but I may skip and make Abby a vamp, or something else or continue with the vampire.Scholarship on premodern ruling elites tends to minimize the complexity of ancient politics and to focus on the decisions of individual kings and their charismatic swaying of entire populations. – Murder path, when you go to Leanne’s house there is no longer a ‘cast pass’ explicit button. – multiple cases referring to the male Mayor as she/her/Ms/Miss – more missing images, including some cases where you have a follower and their image to the right disappears Some events/popups will not trigger when invisible if they involve conversation/reactions Includes a range of cases where buttons to leave a place disappeared. Some general low level changes to try to catch more. – a wide range of issues wandering around invisible, but no means all such issues but a lot more. I will post this test for a couple of days, if no significant issues are reported I will release the full installs/updates and close 14.13 ![]() Short of something game breaking this will be the last for 14.13. This is a test of the hopefully last update for version 14.13. What's New in A Spell For All Version - 14.13b? ![]()
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