Background
Fox, John William was born on April 29, 1947 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Lindell and Marie Hartrich (Fuller) Fox.
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Maya Postclassic State Formation: Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers (New Studies in Archaeology)
(John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the c...)
John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the crucial Classic-Postclassic transition that determined the shape of the later Maya state. Drawing this data from ethnographic analogy and native chronicles as well as archaeology, he identifies segmentary lineage organisation as the key to understanding both the political organisation and the long-distance migrations observed among the Quiche Maya of Guatemala and Mexico. The first part of the book traces the origins of the Quiche, Itza and Xiu to the homeland on the Mexican Gulf coast where they acquired their potent Toltec mythology and identifies early segmentary lineages that developed as a result of social forces in the frontier zone. Dr Fox then matches the known anthropological characteristics of segmentary lineages against the Mayan kinship relationships described in documents and deduced from the spatial patterning within Quiche towns and cities. His conclusion, that the inherently fissile nature of segmentary lineages caused the leapfrogging migrations of up to 500km observed amongst the Maya, offers a convincing solution to a problem that has long puzzled scholars.
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Maya Postclassic State Formation: Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers (New Studies in Archaeology) by John W. Fox (1988-01-29)
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John William Fox
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Education
Bachelor, State University of New York, Albany, 1969; Master of Arts, State University of New York, Albany, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Albany, 1975.
Career
Historic resources coordinator, Rensselaer County, Troy, New York, 1974-1976;
adjunct assistant professor, Russell Sage College, Troy, New York, 1975-1976;
assistant professor, Control Connecticut State University, New Britain, New York, 1976-1977;
assistant professor, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1977-1982;
associate professor, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1982-1988;
professor, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, since 1988. Director Anthropology Baylor University, Waco, Texas, since 1978. President Control Texas Archaeological Society, Waco.
Texas, since 1981.
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Maya Postclassic State Formation: Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers (New Studies in Archaeology)
(John Fox here offers a fresh and persuasive view of the c...)
- Maya Postclassic State Formation: Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers (New Studies in Archaeology) by John W. Fox (1988-01-29)
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Maya Postclassic State Formation: Segmentary Lineage Migration in Advancing Frontiers (New Studies in Archaeology)
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Married Naomi Ruth Thorp, deceased 5, 1970. Children: Jeremy Throp Fox, John Whitney Fox.
