Description
The Classic Maya collapse has engendered quite a lot of debate during the last decades. This collapse used to be a highly variable phenomenon that didn’t have an effect on the entire Maya zone, so the specific events and processes taking place in different regions suffering from this “transition” need further exploration. This volume examines the economic parameters of the collapse in the Petexbatun region from the eighth through the eleventh centuries A.D. through the lens of ceramic manufacture, production, consumption, and exchange. It explores this critical period of time through ceramic analysis, including type:variety classification, standardization studies, and chemical provenance research.
These ceramic data are then used to reevaluate different models explaining the Classic Maya collapse–the foreign invasion theory, the commercialization hypothesis, and the internal warfare model. The authors conclude that the internal warfare model has essentially the most enhance.
VIMA Series #7