Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Tables xiii
5. Interaction and the Making of Ancient Mesoamerica 3
6. The Prehispanic Mesoamerican World 34
7. Interaction and Exchange in Early Formative Western and Central Mesoamerica 51
8. The Role of Interregional Interaction in Mesoamerican Script Development 83
9. Hieroglyphic Ch’olan to Ch’orti’ 118
10. Reframing the Tripod 149
11. Across the Hills, toward the Ocean 176
12. A Sprinkling of Culture 210
13. Zaragoza-Oyameles Obsidian Projectile Points 240
14. Interregional Interaction of the Chalchihuites Culture in Northwest Mesoamerica during the Classic and Postclassic Periods 262
15. Round and Round We Go 292
16. The Movement of Metal Goods in the Mesoamerican Late Postclassic Period 313
17. Competitive versus Peaceful Interaction 341
18. The World as They Knew It 365
19. Contributors 383
20. Index 391