Maya Postclassic State Formation: Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers

Abstract

1. Introduction Part I. Chontal segmentary lineage formation within the gulf frontier and diasporas to Yucatan, Chiapas and Guatemala 2. Segmentary lineage organisation of the Quiche, Chontal and Itza 3. The cult of the feathered serpent: the Toltec connection 4. Warrior and aristocratic lineages: ecological conditions leapfrog migrations Part II. The early postclassic Mexican-Mayan frontier of the midwestern Guatemalan highlands: 5. The acropolis centres and tun/katan ritual alliances 6. The Quiche segmentary state of the Late Postclassic period Part III. The Eastern Frontier of Mesoamerica: 7. Demographic and sociocultural dynamics of segmentary lineage expansion: sociocultural transformations 8. The ballgame ritual and myth for massing through complementary opposition Part IV. Comparisons among the Mexican-Mayan frontiers 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index.

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