Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 Introduction 3
4. 2 Integrating the Prehistoric Natural and Social Landscapes of the Highlands of Southwest Honduras 27
5. 3 Evaluating the Size, Limits, and Influence of the Copán Polity in Western Honduras 54
6. 4 Río Amarillo 78
7. 5 The Archaeology of Jesús de Otoro and Intervalley Variation in Central Honduras 102
8. 6 Archaeological Research in Southeastern Honduras 130
9. 7 Ancient Mosquito Coast 157
10. 8 The Royalization of Roatán 179
11. 9 Historical Archaeology in Honduras 209
12. 10 The Politics of Ethnic Identity in the Context of the “Frontier” 230
13. 11 Honduran Lenca Chiefdoms of the Contact Period (1502–1550) 258
14. 12 Sixteenth-Century Mobility and Interaction in Southeastern Mesoamerica 280
15. 13 An Alternative Framework for Honduran Archaeology 295
16. 14 Sociopolitical Dynamism, Fluidity, and Fragmentation in Southeast Mesoamerica 317
17. Contributors 335
18. Index 337