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Mayan Political Organization
Ojo de Agua lacks Tenam Rosario's symmetrical arrangement of similar-looking plaza complexes flanking a central acropolis-palace...a political microcosm is absent at Ojo de Agua.
1995 Settlement and Politics in Three Maya Polities, Prehistory Press, p.121
Excavation at Tenem Rosario.
The apparent reproduction of a full three-level political hierarchy within Tenam Rosario is an indicator of centralization, suggesting that the political functions at all levels are centrally carried out at the capital.
1989 The Archaeology of Political Structure, Cambridge University Press, p. 229.
Olivier de Montmollin
Olivier de Montmollin (Associate Professor) received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1985.
He is an archaeologist interested in the operation of ancient political systems and their impacts on settlement patterns, with special reference to the Maya and other cultures in pre- Hispanic Mesoamerica.
His other interests include time scales and archaeological analysis, theoretical approaches to studying ancient cities, and interdisciplinary approaches to the Maya.
He does fieldwork in southern Mexico.