Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures xi
4. Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. Part I Introduction
8. Chapter 1 Why Figurines? 5
9. Chapter 2 Ritual, Cooperation, Costly Signaling, and Storytelling 16
10. Part II Formative Mesoamerican and Maya Human Figures and Figurines
11. Chapter 3 Overview 29
12. Chapter 4 The Preclassic Maya Lowlands and Central Petén 38
13. Chapter 5 Central Petén Preclassic Anthropomorphic Figurines 49
14. Chapter 6 The Human Head and Face in Formative Mesoamerica 68
15. Chapter 7 Central Petén Preclassic Anthropomorphic Figurines 77
16. Chapter 8 Formative Mesoamerican Heads 95
17. Part III Time, Formative Heads, and Maya Writing
18. Chapter 9 Temporality, the Sacred Almanac, and Writing 111
19. Chapter 10 Maya Head-Variant Graphemes 129
20. Chapter 11 Summary and Overview 149
21. Part IV Additional Perspectives for Interpreting Early Maya Figurines
22. Chapter 12 Sound 161
23. Chapter 13 Geochemistry 169
24. Chapter 14 Figurines’ “Meanings” and Contexts 181
25. Part V Conclusions
26. Chapter 15 Anthropomorphizing the Cosmos 201
27. Appendix Concordance of Figurine Numbers, Illustrations, and Provenience Information 219
28. References 227
29. Index 277