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The author interprets these artistic expressions of the quadripartite and rotational nature of the Chacs (good times follow bad times) as a symbolic model of the political system that limited rulers' tenure to twenty-year terms. Masterkey Rosemary Sharp analyzes the T, step-fret, and composite mask motifs of the Epiclassic period, and also relates these architectural motifs to the ideological and political systems.Sharp, Rosemary is the author of 'Chacs and Chiefs The Iconology of Mosaic Stone Sculpture in Pre-Conquest Yucatan, Mexico' with ISBN 9780884020998 and ISBN 0884020991.
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