Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures xii
4. Tables xvii
5. Preface xix
6. The Inevitable Note on Orthography xxiii
7. Acknowledgments xxv
8. Part I Cultural and Environmental Perspectives
9. 1 Introduction 5
10. 2 Itzaj Maya from a Historic al Perspective 28
11. 3 The Lake Petén Itzá Watershed 40
12. Part II Theoretic al Perspectives on the Epic lassic Itzas
13. 4 Theoretic al Contexts 59
14. 5 Itza Origins 77
15. 6 Lowland Maya Epic lassic Migrations 97
16. 7 Epic lassic Material Perspectives on the Itzas 114
17. Part III Spanish Perspectives
18. 8 Spanish Contacts and Conquest of Tayza 139
19. 9 Deconstructing Avendaño 160
20. 10 Knowing the Other 179
21. Part IV Material Perspectives
22. 11 Postclassic Pottery and Identities 205
23. 12 Postclassic Architectural Traditions and the Petén Itzas 227
24. 13 Small Projectile Points of Petén 252
25. Part V Perspectives on Tayza/Flores
26. 14 Flores Island, “La Perla Itzalana” 275
27. 15 Historic al Perspectives on Tayza/Flores 289
28. 16 The Archaeology of Tayza 310
29. 17 Styles and Motifs 340
30. Part VI Perspectives on Perspectives on the Petén Itzas
31. 18 Who Were the Petén Itzas? 377
32. Appendix 389
33. References Cited 395
34. About the Authors 457
35. Index 459