Terminal Events in the Southeastern Lowlands: A View from Quirigua

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Postclassic Temporal and Spatial Frames for the Lowland Maya: A Background 9
6. The Northern Lowlands
7. Introduction 23
8. The Postclassic Sequence of Tancah and Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico 31
9. Littoral-Marine Economy at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico 50
10. Chichen Itza and Coba: An Itza-Maya Standoff in Early Postclassic Yucatan 62
11. The Postclassic That Wasn't: The Thirteenth- through Seventeenth-Century Archaeology of Central Eastern Campeche, Mexico 73
12. Lamanai Postclassic 85
13. Lamanai, Belize: An Updated View 91
14. Ganned But Not Forgotten: Late Postclassic Archaeology and Ritual at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize 104
15. Revitalization Movements among the Postclassic Lowland Maya 126
16. The Southern Lowlands
17. Introduction 143
18. Postclassic Maya Site Structure at Topoxte, El Peten, Guatemala 151
19. Topoxte, Macanche, and the Central Peten Postclassic 166
20. Postclassic Peten Interaction Spheres: The View from Tayasal 184
21. Archaeology and Ethnohistory on a Spanish Colonial Frontier: An Interim Report on the Macal-Tipu Project in Western Belize 206
22. Facets of Terminal to Postclassic Activity in the Stann Creek District, Belize 215
23. The Peripheries
24. Introduction 231
25. The Postclassic Archaeology of the Western Gulf Coast: Some Initial Observations 235
26. Terminal Events in the Southeastern Lowlands: A View from Quirigua 245
27. The Land of Ulua: Postclassic Research in the Naco and Sula Valleys, Honduras 254
28. Postclassic Relationships between the Highland and Lowland Maya 270
29. Conclusion
30. Introduction 283
31. New Light on the Dark Age: A Summary of Major Themes 285
32. Bibliography 311
33. Subject Index 343
34. Author Index 349