Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword and Reminiscence ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 H. B. Nicholson and the Archaeological Bug 11
6. Part I The Olmec and Their Neighbors
7. 2 The Middle Formative Period Stelae of Chalcatzingo 33
8. 3 Isla Alor: Olmec to Contact in the La Venta Hinterland 55
9. 4 Aquí Nació El Mundo: Takalik Abaj and Early Mesoamerican Civilization 93
10. Part II The Maya and Their Neighbors
11. 5 Kingship in the Cradle of Maya Civilization: The Mirador Basin 139
12. 6 Yaxchilán Structure 23: The House of Ix K’ab’al Xok 173
13. 7 Santa Rosa, Chiapas: Human Sacrifice and the Mesoamerican Ballgame 211
14. 8 Pipil Archaeology of Pacific Guatemala 231
15. 9 Under Ground in Ancient Mesoamerica 269
16. Part III Central Mexico
17. 10 The Mixteca-Puebla Tradition and H. B. Nicholson 293
18. 11 Obsidian Butterfly and Flowery Tree: An Effigy Vessel from Coxcatlán 309
19. 12 Nick at Night: Cosmic Aspects of Topiltzin-Quetzalcoatl 327
20. 13 The Xipe Tótec Cult and Mexica Military Promotion 333
21. Part IV Ethnohistory
22. 14 Prehispanic K’iche-Maya Historiography 355
23. 15 Connecting Nahua and Mixtec Histories 389
24. Part V The Colonial Period
25. 16 The Final Tribute of Tenochtitlan 419
26. 17 Feathered Serpents, Pulquerías, and Indian Sedition in Colonial Cholula 425
27. 18 The Posthumous History of the Tizoc Stone 439
28. 19 The Real Expedición Anticuaria Collection 461
29. Part VI Ethnography
30. 20 Yucatec Maya Agricultural Ritual Survivals 489
31. 21 Mesoamerican Indian Clothing: Survivals, Acculturation, and Beyond 519
32. Contributors 539
33. Index 541