List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Chapter 1. Introduction
M. Kathryn Bey and George J. Bey III
Chapter 2. The Paleo-American and Archaic Periods in Yucatan
Anthony P. Andrews and Fernando Robles Castellanos
Chapter 3. The Cunil Complex: Early Villages in Belize
Lauren Sullivan, Jaime Awe, and M. Kathryn Brown
Chapter 4. The Earliest Ceramics of the Northern Maya Lowlands
E. Wyllys Andrews V, George J. Bey III, Christopher Gunn
Chapter 5. The Role of Ideology, Religion, and Ritual in the Foundation of Social Complexity in the Belize River Valley
M. Kathryn Brown, Jaime J. Awe, and James F. Garber
Chapter 6. Middle Preclassic Maya Shell Ornament Production: Implications for the Development of Complexity at Pacbitun, Belize
Bobbi Hohmann, Terry Powis and Paul Healy
Chapter 7. Developmental Dynamics, Energetics, and Complex Economic Interactions of the Early Maya of the Mirador-Calakmul Basin, Guatemala and Campeche, Mexico
Richard D. Hansen, Donald W. Forsyth, James C. Woods, Thomas Schreiner, and Gene L. Titmus
Chapter 8. The Preclassic Settlement of Northwest Yucatan: Recharting the Pathway to Complexity
David S. Anderson, Fernando Robles Castellanos, and Anthony P. Andrews
Chapter 9. The Genesis of Maya Complexity in the Northwestern Region of the Yucatan Penisula
Fernando Robles Castellanos and Teresa Ceballos Gallareta
Chapter 10. The Preclassic Period: A View of Complexity in the Residential Settlement of Ek Balam
Tara Bond-Freeman
Chapter 11. At the Foot of the Hills: Early Monumentality at Xocnaceh, Yucatan, Mexico
Tomás Gallareta Negrón
Chapter 12. El Achiotal: An Interior Frontier Center in the Northwestern Petén, Guatemala
Mary Jane Acuña
Chapter 13. Changing Stages: Royal Legitimacy and the Architectural Development of the Pinturas Complex at San Bartolo, Guatemala
William Saturno, Franco Rossi, and Boris Beltrán
Chapter 14. Naranjo, Guatemala, A Middle Preclassic Site in the Central Highlands of Guatemala
Barbara Arroyo
Chapter 15. Maya and the Idea of Empire
David Freidel
Chapter 16. Conclusion: Charting the Pathways to Complexity in the Maya Lowlands
M. Kathryn Brown and George J. Bey III
References
List of Contributors
Index
