Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-x

List of Figures

pp xi-xiii

List of Tables

pp xiv-xiv

1 - The Ancient Maya of Mexico: Reinterpreting the Past of the Northern Maya Lowlands

pp 1-40

Part I - THE PRECLASSIC PERIOD

pp 41-42

2 - The Origins of the Mesoamerican Ballgame: A New Perspective from the Northern Maya Lowlands

pp 43-64

3 - The Architecture of Power and Sociopolitical Complexity in Northwestern Yucatan during the Preclassic Period

pp 65-87

4 - Maya Political Cycling and the Story of the Kaan Polity

pp 88-116

Part II - THE EARLY AND LATE CLASSIC PERIODS

pp 117-118

5 - Urbanism, Architecture, and Internationalism in the Northern Lowlands during the Early Classic

pp 119-142

6 - The Political and Economic Organization of Late Classic States in the Peninsular Gulf Coast: The View from Champoton, Campeche

pp 143-169

7 - 5,000 Sites and Counting: The Inspiration of Maya Settlement Studies

pp 170-188

Part III - THE TERMINAL CLASSIC AND EARLY POSTCLASSIC PERIODS

pp 189-190

8 - The Nunnery Quadrangle of Uxmal

pp 191-228

9 - In the Shadow of the Pyramid: Excavations of the Great Platform of Chichen Itza

pp 229-263

10 - Divide and Rule: Interpreting Site Perimeter Walls in the Northern Maya Lowlands and Beyond

pp 264-282

Part IV - THE LATE POSTCLASSIC TO HISTORICAL PERIODS

pp 283-284

11 - Rain and Fertility Rituals in Postclassic Yucatan Featuring Chaak and Chak Chel

pp 285-305

12 - Poor Mayapan

pp 306-324

13 - Maya Collapse or Resilience? Lessons from the Spanish Conquest and the Caste War of Yucatan

pp 325-346

Part V - CONCLUSIONS

pp 347-348

14 - Yucatan at the Crossroads

pp 349-372

Index

pp 373-386