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oapen-20.500.12657-456622023-06-05T13:08:54Z Networks of Power Schortman, Edward Urban, Patricia Archaeology Ceramic Chert Mesoamerica Mesoamerican chronology Midden Obsidian Perlite Pottery Stone tool bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology Networks of Power reconstructs the course of political history in the poorly documented Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. Describing the material and behavioral patterns pertaining to the Late Postclassic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of northwestern Honduras, the book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on networks of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages. 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-03-31 03:00:26 2020-04-01T13:49:18Z 2020-04-01T13:49:18Z 2011-02-18 book 625253 OCN: 994686832 9781607327134 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45662 eng application/pdf n/a 625253.pdf University Press of Colorado 10.2307/j.ctt46nvnt 100348 10.2307/j.ctt46nvnt 70e7c833-622a-43ce-9f6f-f7afb0c104e9 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781607327134 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100348 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Networks of Power reconstructs the course of political history in the poorly documented Naco Valley from the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries. Describing the material and behavioral patterns pertaining to the Late Postclassic period using components of three settlements in the Naco Valley of northwestern Honduras, the book focuses on how contests for power shaped political structures. Power-seeking individuals, including but not restricted to ruling elites, depended on networks of allies to support their political objectives. Ongoing and partially successful competitions waged within networks led to the incorporation of exotic ideas and imported items into the daily practices of all Naco Valley occupants. The result was a fragile hierarchical structure forever vulnerable to the initiatives of agents operating on local and distant stages.
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