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1) How are the skeletal remains of the Copán caves indicative of the type of society in which the people lived?

2) What is the political position of a Big-Man. How does it work in Papua New Guinea?

3) What archaeological evidence do we have for a Big-Man or an Early chiefdom at Copán?

4) How does architecture reflect differences in status and wealth at Copán?

5) How did the Maya lords first acquire their authority and power. How did they lose it?
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