Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1 Introduction 3
5. Part I Redefining Greater Nicoya
6. 2 Contact-Era Pacific Nicaragua Indigenous Groups and Their Origins 23
7. 3 Indigenous Peoples of Pacific Nicaragua and Nicoya in the Sixteenth Century 47
8. 4 A Critical Reevaluation of Pacific Nicaragua’s Late Period Chronology 67
9. Part 2 Projects and Surveys
10. 5 The Managua Metropolitan Project 105
11. 6 Twenty Years of Nicaraguan Archaeology 125
12. 7 The Development of Social Complexity in the Rivas Region, Pacific Nicaragua 162
13. 8 Social Practices at La Cascabel, A Village on Culebra Bay, ad 800–1550 193
14. Part 3 Ceramics and Stone
15. 9 Polychrome Potting Traditions of Pacific Nicaragua, ad 800–1300 215
16. 10 Ceramic Economy and Communities of Practice in Granada and Rivas, ad 1–1300 261
17. 11 Exploring Technological Modifications 312
18. 12 A Century in Stone 331
19. 13 The Development of Nicaraguan Rock Art Research 368
20. Part 4 Mortuary Practices in Greater Nicoya
21. 14 Raising the Dead 395
22. 15 Osteoarchaeological Markers of Health and Identity at the Site of El Rayo, Nicaragua, ad 550–1200 433
23. 16 Human Bone Artifacts 469
24. Part 5 Conclusion
25. 17 Greater Nicoya through the Looking-Glass 505
26. Index 533
27. Contributors 549